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TIL Former Japanese Emperor Akihito is a well-versed marine biologist, focusing studies on ichthyology, or fish studies. Aside from his scientific papers on the Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, he has also published articles on the history of science from the Edo and Meiji eras.

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