Emperor of Japan undergoes prostate exam 2022

Ruler Naruhito went through a prostate assessment at the College of Tokyo Medical clinic on Sunday after an ascent in a growth marker, the Supreme Family Organization said.

The 62-year-old showed up at the medical clinic at around 9:30 a.m., went through a X-ray output and left at around 1 p.m., the office said. The consequence of the sweep will be learned in a couple of days, it added.

Ruler Naruhito leaves the College of Tokyo Medical clinic in Tokyo after a prostate assessment on Nov. 6, 2022. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

The ruler has no side effects. At the point when the office declared toward the beginning of October that the sovereign would go through an assessment, it said his prostate explicit antigen level was somewhat higher than ordinary and "showing a marginally stressing development."

The specialists at the medical clinic will concentrate on the outcome and decide if a biopsy is required, the office said.

The ruler has been taken part in true obligations since the declaration in regards to the clinical assessment and visited Okinawa with Sovereign Masako before the end of last month.

In 2007, the ruler had endoscopic medical procedure to eliminate a harmless duodenal polyp, yet he has not had some other clinical issues.