Akihito’s travel schedule contrasts sharply with that of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Despite having had open-heart surgery during his first term, India’s 81-year-old leader has sought to offset his low domestic political stock by flying more than one million kilometers on overseas trips – including visits to Japan, China, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand, and the United States in the last six months alone.
明仁天皇的行程与印度总理辛格形成了鲜明对比。尽管辛格在第一个任期中经历了体外循环心脏手术，但这位81岁的印度领导人仍寻求通过出访抵消自己国内政治资本不足的劣势，光是在过去六个月，其海外行程就超过100万公里，出访对象包括日本、中国、印尼、俄罗斯、泰国和美国。