FILE - In this May 19, 1988, file photo, then Japanese Emperor Hirohito waves as Crown Prince Akihito, left, looks on during an imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo. The late Emperor Hirohito renounced his status as a living god and assumed a symbolic role under a U.S.-inspired constitution adopted after Japan‚Äôs defeat in World War II. (AP Photo/File)