The following table includes the official visits made by Emperor Akihito, along with Empress Michiko, following succession to the throne on 7 January 1989.[53][54][55] The list includes all the visits made up to 31 December 2017. Although Empress Michiko has made two official visits on her own, in 2002 (To Switzerland) and 2014 (To Belgium), they did not include the Emperor and are not included in this table.