TOKYO: Japan’s former empress Michiko “safely” underwent surgery on Sunday after the 84-year-old was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer, the Imperial Household Agency said.

SAFE SURGERY Japan’s former empress Michiko
(left) enters the Tokyo University hospital two days before her
successful breast surgery. AFP PHOTO

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