Japan Empress Michiko turns 83, says Nobel award to ICAN significant

On the occasion of her 83rd birthday Friday, Empress Michiko welcomed the award this year of the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, saying it is "significant" that the world seems to be paying closer attention to the horrors of nuclear weapons.The Japanese empress also expressed an "immeasurable sense of relief" over her 83-year-old husband Emperor Akihito's expected handover of the Chrysanthemum throne to Crown Prince Naruhito in the coming years, which would be Japan's first imperial abdication in two centuries.Referring to the Nobel prize presente…READ FULL ARTICLE