Duterte’s meeting with Emperor Akihito cancelled due to death in royal family

We send our condolences to Japan.

President Rodrigo Duterte’s audience with His Majesty Emperor Akihito of Japan at the Imperial Palace had to be called off.

“The meeting, which was orignally set for 5pm on Thu, Oct 27, was cancelled as the royal family went into mourning following the death of their oldest member, Prince Mikasa, the uncle of Akihito,” reports InterAksyon.com.

The report noted: “Mikasa, who was already 100 years old, was the youngest brother of Japan’s late war-time emperor Hirohito, father of the current emperor.”




BECOME A COCO+ MEMBER

Support local news and join a community of like-minded
“Coconauts” across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.

Join Now
Coconuts TV
Our latest and greatest original videos
YouTube video
Subscribe on