Marriage and Family
The Prince met and became engaged to Miss Nobuko Asō on 21 May 1980. She is the third daughter of the late Takakichi Aso, chairman of Asō Cement Co., and his wife, Kazuko, the daughter of former Prime Minister, Shigeru Yoshida and the sister of former Prime Minister Tarō Asō. The couple married on 7 November 1980. Miss Asō was given the title HIH Princess Tomohito of Mikasa. The Prince and Princess have two daughters:
- Princess Akiko (彬子女王, Akiko Joō?, born 20 December 1981)
- Princess Yōko (瑶子女王, Yōko Joō?, born 25 October 1983)
The family lives in a compound within the Akasaka Estate complex, in Azabu Minato, Tokyo.
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