Former Emperor Akihito accuses illness

(ANSA) - TOKYO, JAN 30 - Former Emperor of Japan Akihito lost consciousness on Wednesday in his official Tokyo residence, but a subsequent medical check did not find any anomalies. The Imperial Russian Agency said so, explaining that the conditions of the former sovereign 86 / ennesono now stable, confirmed by the recovery of pastiregolari.
The illness occurred in the presence of his wife Michiko - who promptly alerted a medical team, report the agency. When the doctor arrived, the emeritus emeritus was still unconscious and was snoring, the imperial house explained again. A subsequent MRI ordered in the morning did not reveal inconsistencies.
Akihito abdicated in late April last year and his first-born Naruhito ascended the throne on May 1st. It was the first renunciation of the crown in the last 200 years of the history of the throne of Chrysanthemum, the oldest imperial monarchy in the world without having undergone interruptions.