On the 22nd, the Imperial Household Agency released photographs taken when Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited Ehime Prefectural Tobe Zoo on the 17th, and were seen with "Peace," a polar bear that was artificially raised in Japan and is now 26 years old. According to an aide, Atsuhiro Takaichi, the zookeeper in charge of artificial rearing, recounted the hardships of that time.
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On the 22nd, the Imperial Household Agency released photographs taken when Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited Ehime Prefectural Tobe Zoo on the 17th, and were seen with "Peace," a polar bear that was artificially raised in Japan and is now 26 years old. According to an aide, Atsuhiro Takaichi, the zookeeper in charge of artificial rearing, recounted the hardships of that time.