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Japan's Emperor in hospital for heart surgery

Updated: 2012-02-17 10:42
( Xinhua)

TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Akihito entered the University of Tokyo Hospital on Friday morning to prepare for his heart bypass surgery scheduled on the following day.

The coronary-artery bypass surgery is likely to last about five hours, according to the Imperial Household Agency.

The results of the surgery will be explained at a press conference afterward. The emperor is expected to be able to leave hospital in two weeks.

The 78-year-old emperor was diagnosed with angina after an angiogram performed last Saturday.

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