Following Japan’s surrender after the Second World War, there were calls for Emperor Hirohito to step down and be tried as a war criminal. Others feared unrest in Japan if this happened, and so a middle ground was sought. The Americans occupied Japan from its surrender on 2 September 1945 until the Treaty of San [read more]
Princess Tomohito of Mikasa was born Nobuko Asō on 9 April 1955 as the daughter of Takakichi Asō and Kazuko Yoshida. She was their third daughter daughter and youngest child. She was born into a Catholic family, and she was baptised. Nobuko went to school in England and graduated from Rosslyn House College in 1973. [read more]
Princess Nobuko of Japan was born on 7 August 1891 as the daughter of Emperor Meiji of Japan and his fifth imperial concubine, Sono Sachiko. She was her father’s twelfth child and eighth daughter and her mother’s fifth child and fourth daughter. Her father’s official spouse was Empress Shōken. Nobuko’s mother, Sono Sachiko, was the [read more]
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa was born on 4 June 1923 as the daughter of Viscount Masanari Takagi and Kuniko Irie. She had an older sister, Kinuko, and two younger sisters, Momoko and Sayoko. At the age of five, she enrolled at the Gakushein kindergarten and continued at the Gakushein school until her graduation in 1941. That [read more]
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa has died today at the age of 101. She died in the early hours of Friday morning, local time. The official cause of death has been given as old age. “I cannot help but feel saddened to hear of the loss. I extend my heartfelt condolences along with other Japanese citizens,” Prime [read more]
On 10 April 1959, Michiko Shōda married the future Emperor Akihito of Japan. They had met on a tennis court in 1957, and the engagement ceremony took place on 14 January 1959. Embed from Getty Images Michiko was a commoner, and it was widely rumoured that her future mother-in-law opposed the engagement. However, the couple [read more]
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