60 years in photos: Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko

As Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary, here is a collection of photos from the six decades they have walked together.The couple first met in August 1957 on a tennis court in Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture, when then-Crown Prince Akihito and Michiko Shoda played against each other in a doubles match.The two became engaged in November 1958 and married on April 10, 1959, marking the first time in Japan for the crown prince, and later the first emperor, to be married to a commoner.An estimated 530,000 people thronged to see their wedding proces…READ FULL ARTICLE