TOKYO –
The Japanese government Friday agreed on a bill that makes it possible for the emperor royal highness akihito to abdication to do. The proposal to parliament sent, which is expected for the end of the month about it will vote.
The 83-year-old emperor said last year that his age and health make it harder to carry out its duties. Royal highness akihito has undergone heart surgery and is treated for prostate cancer. It would be the first abdication of a Japanese emperor in two hundred years