TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Naruhito expressed his hope for peace in Japan and the world in the new year in a poem recited at the annual New Year's Poetry Reading on Wednesday.
The emperor, who attended Shinto rituals at the Imperial Palace Sanctuaries before dawn on New Year's Day, put into verse how he was moved when he saw Venus shining brightly in the sky ahead of one of the proceedings.
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