Early Life and Education
Nobuko, a Roman Catholic, was born on 9 April 1955. She is the third daughter of Takakichi Asō, the chairman of the Aso Cement Company and a close associate of Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka; her mother, Kazuko Asō, was Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's daughter. She is also a great-great-granddaughter of Ōkubo Toshimichi. Her elder brother is former Prime Minister and current Deputy Prime Minister Tarō Asō.
She studied in England and graduated from Rosslyn House College in 1973.
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