Masako

empress of Japan
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Also known as: Owada Masako
Quick Facts
Original name:
Owada Masako
Born:
December 9, 1963, Tokyo, Japan (age 61)
Title / Office:
empress (2019-), Japan
Notable Family Members:
spouse Naruhito

Masako (born December 9, 1963, Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese diplomat who became the crown princess of Japan when she married Crown Prince Naruhito in 1993. She became empress of Japan in May 2019. Owada Masako was the daughter of Owada Hisashi, a high-ranking official of the Japanese government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As a child she lived in the Soviet Union and in the United States, where her father was on diplomatic missions. In 1985 she graduated from Harvard University with a major in economics, and the following year she enrolled at the University of Tokyo. Having passed the ...(100 of 702 words)