Balliol College, Oxford, where Masako studied international relations
The newly married Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako in Japanese traditional attire, with the Prince wearing a sokutai, the Princess a jūnihitoe, 1993
A 500-yen coin issued to commemorate the imperial wedding
Aiko, Princess Toshi
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Aiko, Princess Toshi is a member of the Imperial House of Japan. She is the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako.
Empress Masako
…she worked for Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a diplomat. Masako met Crown Prince Naruhito in 1986. They married in 1993 and their only child, Aiko, Princess Toshi, was born in 2001. The birth of Princess Aiko fueled the ongoing Japanese imperial succession debate, which had led some politicians to favor rescinding…
Aiko in 2022
Aiko with her parents in Nasu Imperial Villa, Tochigi Prefecture in August 2019
Cork azalea, Rhododendron quinquefolium, designated imperial personal emblem of Aiko
Princess Aiko (standing, center) with the imperial family (November 2013)