About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Aiko, Princess Toshi, Atsuko Ikeda, Bangja, Crown Princess Euimin of Korea, Crown Princess Masako, Empress Yoshik, Fusako Kitashirakawa, Kazuko Takatsukasa, Masako Sen, tomo no Koteko, Princess Akiko of Mikasa, Princess Akishino, Princess Asuka, Princess Ayako of Takamado, Princess Chichibu, Princess Hatsusebe, Princess Hitachi, Princess Inoe, Princess Izumi, Princess Kako of Akishino, Princess Kaoruko, Princess Kazu, Princess Ki, Princess Kuniko, Princess Mako of Akishino, Princess Masako (Reizei), Princess Masako Takeda, Princess Mikasa, Princess Minabe, Princess Minushi, Princess Muneko, Princess Niitabe, Princess Nobuko Asaka, Princess Noriko (1177-1210), Princess Noriko of Takamado, Princess e, Princess ku, Princess ta, Princess Reishi, Princess Reishi (1270-1307), Princess Rishi, Princess Sakahito, Princess Seishi, Princess Shikishi, Princess Sh shi, Princess Shoshi, Princess Sh shi (1195-1211), Princess Sukeko, Princess Tajima, Princess Takamado, Princess Takamatsu, Princess Takata, Princess Taki, Princess Teishi, Princess Teruko, Princess T chi, Princess Tokushi, Princess Tomohito of Mikasa, Princess Tsuguko of Takamado, Princess Yamanobe, Princess Yasuko, Princess Y ko of Mikasa, Princess Yoshiko (Nij ), Princess Yukiko, Sayako Kuroda, Shigeko Higashikuni, Takako Shimazu, Toshiko Higashikuni, Yasuko Konoe. Excerpt: Crown Princess Masako K taishi Naruhito Shinn hi Masako), nee Masako Owada Owada Masako, born 9 December 1963) is the wife of Crown Prince Naruhito, the first son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, and a member of the Imperial House of Japan through marriage. Born in Tokyo, Japan, she was originally named Masako Owada 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, twins named Setsuko and Reiko. Masako went to live in Moscow with her parents when she was two years old, where she completed her kindergarten education. Upon returning to Japan, she attended a private girls' school in Tokyo, Denenchofu Futaba, from elementary school through her second year of senior high school. Masako and her family moved to the United States, and settled in a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts called Belmont, when her father became a guest professor at Harvard University and vice ambassador to the United States. In 1981, she graduated from Belmont High School, where she was president of the National Honor Society. Masako enrolled at Radcliffe College. Princess Masako holds an A.B. magna cum laude in Economics from Harvard College and attended but did not finish the graduate course in International Relations at Balliol College, Oxford University. Her senior thesis advisor at Harvard was Jeffrey Sachs. She also studied briefly at the University of Tokyo, where her father taught, in preparation for the entrance examinations at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition to her native Japanese, she is fluent in English and French, and is said to be of conversational standard in German, Russian, and Spanish. Masako was formerly employed by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where she worked with her father, the Director General and prospective Vice Minister. During her career she met many world leaders, such as U.S. president Bill Clinton and Russian president Bori
