Empress Masako

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Empress consort of Japan Harvard University alumna Oxford alumna University of Tokyo alumna former diplomat living person member of the Japanese imperial family

Empress Masako is the current Empress of Japan, a Harvard-educated former diplomat known for her international background and marriage to Emperor Naruhito.

Aliases (5)

皇后雅子 ×4
Crown Princess of Japan ×2
Crown Princess Masako ×1
Empress Masako of Japan ×1
雅子皇后 ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Empress consort of Japan → Harvard University alumna → Oxford alumna → University of Tokyo alumna → former diplomat → living person → member of the Japanese imperial family →
becameCrownPrincessOn	1993-06-09 →
birthName	Masako Owada →
child	Princess Aiko →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
dateOfBirth	1963-12-09 →
educatedAt	Balliol College, Oxford → Harvard University → Radcliffe College → University of Tokyo →
employer	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan →
era	Reiwa era →
familyName	Owada →
father	Hisashi Owada →
fieldOfStudy	economics → law →
givenName	Masako →
honorificTitle	Her Majesty The Empress →
house	Imperial House of Japan →
languageSpoken	English → French → German → Japanese →
marriageDate	1993-06-09 →
mother	Yumiko Owada →
notableFor	Harvard education → international background → role as Empress consort during the Reiwa era →
occupation	diplomat →
placeOfBirth	Minato, Tokyo, Japan →
positionHeld	Crown Princess of Japan → Empress of Japan →
predecessorAsEmpressConsort	Empress Michiko →
reignAsEmpressConsortBegan	2019-05-01 →
religion	Shinto →
residence	Imperial Palace, Tokyo →
spouse	Emperor Naruhito →
spouseReignBegan	2019-05-01 →
spouseTitle	Emperor of Japan →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aiko, Princess Toshi → 敬宮愛子内親王 ("皇后雅子") →	mother
Aiko, Princess Toshi → 敬宮愛子内親王 ("皇后雅子") →	onlyChildOf
敬宮愛子内親王 ("皇后雅子") →	childOf
Empress of Japan →	currentHolder
Imperial House of Japan →	hasMember
皇室 ("雅子皇后") →	member
Masako Owada ("Empress Masako of Japan") →	name
Masako Owada ("Crown Princess of Japan") →	nobleTitle
Princess Kiko →	notableRelative
敬宮愛子内親王 ("皇后雅子") →	parent
Prince Hisahito →	paternalAunt
Masako Owada ("Crown Princess of Japan") →	positionHeld
Princess Mako →	relative
Naruhito →	spouse
Empress Michiko →	successor
Her Majesty the Empress Emerita →	successorAsEmpress
Masako Owada ("Crown Princess Masako") →	title