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Japan's Emperor Akihito has said he fears deteriorating health and age mean he is finding it difficult to continue in his role. The emperor's comments came in his second-ever televised address to the public. The Â鶹Éç's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes explains there is no legal provision for abdication in Japanese law. (Picture - Japanese Emperor Akihito waves to well-wishers in Tokyo in January 2016. Credit: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images)