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Michiko (美智子, born Michiko Shōda [正田 美智子 Shōda Michiko] on 20 October 1934) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan. She was Empress of Japan as the wife of Akihito, the 125th Emperor of Japan reigning from 7 January 1989 to 30 April 2019. Michiko married Crown Prince Akihito and became Crown Princess of Japan in ...
Mar 10, 2017 · Both as crown princess during the reign of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and as empress during the reign of the current emperor, Empress Michiko has been at her husband’s side, energetically ...
Oct 20, 2020 · Empress Emerita Michiko turned 86 today, October 20, and to celebrate, we decided to have a look back at the life and times of the first commoner to marry into the Japanese Imperial Family. An extremely popular figure (voted number three in our survey of Japan’s Greatest Ever Woman ), she brought a breath of fresh air to the ...
Apr 30, 2019 · Michiko Shoda, now known as Empress Michiko, departs her home for the Imperial Palace in the early hours of April 10, 1959, the day of her marriage to Crown Prince Akihito.
Oct 20, 2021 · Former Empress Michiko has said she will miss her first grandchild Princess Mako, who is set to leave the imperial household upon marriage slated for next week, the Imperial Household Agency said on the occasion of her 87th birthday Wednesday.
Her Majesty the Empress Emerita. Name. Michiko; Born. October 20, 1934, as the eldest daughter of Hidesaburo and Fumiko Shoda; Education. Graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature in the Faculty of Literature at the University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, 1957
Oct 20, 2017 · TOKYO (BERNAMA) - Japanese Empress Michiko celebrated her 83rd birthday on Friday (Oct 20), expressing her tremendous relief at the enactment in June of a special law to allow Emperor Akihito...
Oct 20, 2023 · Empress Emerita Michiko, wife of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, turned 89 on Friday. An event to celebrate her birthday will be held in a simplified manner at Sento Gosho for the second...
Apr 10, 2019 · A collection of photos from the six decades during which Japanese Emperor Akihito has walked hand in hand with his wife, Empress Michiko.
Apr 17, 2019 · Michiko Shōda – the future Empress of Japan – was born on 20 October 1934 at the University of Tokyo Hospital. She was the daughter of Hidesaburō Shōda and Fumiko Soejima and was the second ...
