Empress Michiko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan
Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
About Empress Michiko
- Michiko (???, born Michiko Shoda (?????, Shoda Michiko), 20 October 1934) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who served as the Empress consort of Japan as the wife of Akihito, the 125th Emperor of Japan reigning from 7 January 1989 to 30 April 2019. Michiko married Crown Prince Akihito and became the Crown Princess of Japan in 1959.
- She was the first commoner and the first member of a religious minority (her family is Roman Catholic) to marry into the Japanese Imperial Family.
- She has three children with her husband.
- Her elder son, Naruhito, is the current emperor to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
- As crown princess and later as empress consort, she has become the most visible and widely travelled imperial consort in Japanese history.
- Upon Emperor Akihito's abdication, Michiko received the new title of Jokogo (???), or Empress Emerita.
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