Japan panel agrees on April 30, 2019 for emperor's abdication

TOKYO (Reuters) - Emperor Akihito's planned abdication - the first by a Japanese monarch in about two centuries - should take place on April 30, 2019, a special panel chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Friday.

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