Born in Tokyo in 1963, Masako Owada is the daughter of a diplomat, and spent her early childhood in Moscow and New York. She was educated at Oxford and Harvard, and worked as a diplomat before ...

Kate Middleton is set to miss the Japan state visit. Buckingham Palace has released new details of Emperor Naruhito and ...

Masako Owada will become empress when her husband, Crown Prince Naruhito, succeeds his father Emperor Akihito. Emperor Akihito, 84, is abdicating next year because of his age and health.

Born Masako Owada (小和田 雅子, Owada Masako?), she is eldest daughter of Hisashi Owada, a senior diplomat, and President of the International Court of Justice. She has two younger sisters ...

Emperor Naruhito and his wife Masako Owada, a former diplomat, are expected to be more modern in their outlook. The Oxford-educated royal said in a news conference in 2017 that he believed "that ...

He also attended Naruhito's wedding ceremony to now-empress Masako Owada in 1993 after she studied international relations at Oxford. In addition to phone calls, letters and in-person visits ...