** FILE ** In a file photo Empress Michiko smiles as she greets guests during the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Palace state guesthouse in Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 1, 2001. Japan's Empress Michiko has been stricken with intestinal bleeding likely caused by stress, and will take a break from her official duties to recuperate, Kyodo News Agency reports Tuesday, March 6, 2007. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, Pool)