Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko visit a tennis court at Tokyo Lawn Tennis Club in Tokyo, May 5, 2019. Emperor Emeritus abdicated the throne on April 30, 2019. The couple has liked playing tennis, and then Crown Prince Akihito first met then commoner Michiko Shoda at a tennis court in Karuizawa retreat, Nagano Prefecture in 1957. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )