Empress Masako

Masako
Masako
	The Empress in 2023
Empress consort of Japan
	1 May 2019 – present
Born	Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value).; 9 December 1963 (age 60); Toranomon Hospital, Toranomon, Minato, Tokyo
Spouse	Naruhito (m. 1993)
Issue	Aiko, Princess Toshi
House	Imperial House of Japan (by marriage)
Father	Hisashi Owada
Mother	Yumiko Egashira
Religion	Shinto

Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)., born Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value). on 9 December 1963, is the wife and empress consort of the current Emperor of Japan, Naruhito, the eldest son of the previous emperor Akihito,^[1] who took the throne after abdication of the latter on 30 April 2019.

Titles and styles

9 December 1963 – 9 June 1993: Miss Masako Owada
9 June 1993 – 30 April 2019: Her Imperial Highness The Crown Princess of Japan
Her Imperial Highness The Crown Princess Masako
1 May 2019 – present : Her Majesty The Empress of Japan

Empress Masako Media

Balliol College, Oxford, where Masako studied international relations
Naruhito and Masako, with their daughter Aiko, in Tochigi Prefecture in 2019
Princess Masako, the present Empress of Japan
Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako attended the JET Programme 30th Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony at the Keio Plaza Hotel in Tokyo, November 2016.
Empress Masako wearing the jūnihitoe at the enthronement ceremony in October 2019
Ribbon bar: Order of the Precious Crown; 1st Class (Japan).
Red Cross Order of Merit (Japan)
Red Cross Order of Merit (Japan)

References

↑ Sanz, Cynthia (21 June 1993). "The Princess Bride". People. 39 (24). Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2011.

Other websites

[1] Sanz, Cynthia (21 June 1993). "The Princess Bride". People. 39 (24). Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2011.

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