Official Duties
The princess accompanied her husband on various missions abroad to charity and welfare events, especially those concerning health issues.
Princess Tomohito of Mikasa, in addition to attending the Japanese Red Cross Society Regional Meetings as Honorary Vice-President, also participates in welfare activities through such organizations as the Tokyo Jikeikai, the International Women's Welfare Association, and the Welfare Group Hakuhokai. In addition, as Honorary President of the Japan Rose Society, the Princess makes efforts to widen the appeal of roses domestically and internationally.
In December 1992, the Prince and Princess visited the United States to support a newly established cancer ward in the New York Medical College and Prince Tomohito made a keynote address at a charity ball. In May 1994, they visited Hawaii and attended a charity dinner in Hawaii for the reconstruction of Kuakini Hospital.
In February 1994, the Prince and Princess were invited by the Government of the Kingdom of Norway to visit the country and attend the Lillehammer Winter Olympics. They offered their encouragement to the Japanese athletes there.
In July 1994, Nobuko visited Australia to offer her support to the Sydney Royal Research Institute for those with Visual and Listening Disabilities, where Prince Katsura had served as Executive Committee Chairman. There she attended a charity ball, which Prince Tomohito had been planning for four years, organized through the volunteer spirit of the Japanese living in Australia.
In April 1998, Tomohito and Nobuko visited the Republic of Turkey to attend the opening ceremony of the Turkey-Japan Foundation Cultural Centre, in the establishment of which Prince Mikasa had been involved. That was their second visit following the visit to attend the celebrations of 100 years of relations between Japan and Turkey in 1990.
In July 2003, the Princess visited Glasgow in the United Kingdom to attend the World Rose Convention in her capacity as Honorary President of the Japan Rose Society.
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