Japan's 91-year-old former Emperor Akihito has been hospitalized to adjust his heart medication, palace officials say.

Japan's 91-year-old former Emperor Akihito was hospitalized Monday to adjust his heart medication, palace officials said. Akihito was diagnosed in May with myocardial ischemia, an asymptomatic heart condition of reduced blood flow from the coronary arteries to the heart muscle.

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Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito has been discharged from a hospital in Tokyo after being admitted to the facility on Monday for adjustment of medicine to treat his heart disease.

Japan’s former emperor Akihito was hospitalized to adjust his heart medication on Monday, the Imperial Household Agency announced. In May, Akihito was diagnosed with myocardial ischemia, which according to the Associated Press, is “an asymptomatic heart condition of reduced blood flow from the coronary arteries to the heart muscle.”

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