Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Saturday left Tokyo for Okinawa Prefecture for engagements including a national convention on marine resources, according to the Imperial Household Agency.
The couple will arrive at the prefectural capital Naha and then visit the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman.
The Emperor and Empress will attend the marine resources convention in Itoman on Sunday. They will also visit the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology and Kume Island before returning to Tokyo on Tuesday evening.
The trip is the couple's first visit to Okinawa in eight years, and the overall ninth visit of them. Endi
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