Marriage and Children
The Imperial Household Council announced the engagement of HIH Prince Tomohito of Mikasa and Nobuko Asō on 18 April 1980 and the engagement ceremony was held on 21 May 1980. The wedding ceremony took place on 7 November 1980 and she became Princess Tomohito of Mikasa. She is engaged in various welfare organisations and holds positions as president and vice-president. The Princess became a widow on 6 June 2012, upon the death of her husband. She has 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 Akasaka Minato, Tokyo.
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Famous quotes containing the words marriage and/or children:
“But not gold in commercial quantities,
Just enough gold to make the engagement rings
And marriage rings of those who owned the farm.
What gold more innocent could one have asked for?”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“It is possible to make friends with our children—but probably not while they are children.... Friendship is a relationship of mutual dependence-interdependence. A family is a relationship in which some of the participants are dependent on others. It is the job of parents to provide for their children. It is not appropriate for adults to enter into parenthood recognizing they have made a decision to accept dependents and then try to pretend that their children are not dependent on them.”
—Donald C. Medeiros (20th century)