Archive photo of the day
Akihito and Haile Selassie in Tokyo, 1956
Stars and Stripes
May 23, 2022
(I.G. Edmonds/Stars and Stripes)
Tokyo, 1956: Japan’s Crown Prince (and future Emperor) Akihito talks with Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile Selassie at a reception during Selassie’s goodwill visit to Japan. Akihito acceded to the throne in 1990 after the death of his father, Hirohito, the year before.