OXFORD, England — Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his wife took a trip down memory lane on Friday (June 28), the final day of their week-long stay in Britain, with a visit to the medieval university city of Oxford where they both studied in the 1980s. The imperial couple's formal state visit concluded on Thursday with a goodbye from King Charles...
Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are greeted by Chancellor of the University of Oxford Christopher Patten and Master of Balliol College Helen Ghosh, during a visit to Balliol College at Oxford University, as they continue their state visit to the UK, in Oxford, Britain, June 28, 2024.
The 64-year-old emperor attended Oxford's Merton College in 1983 to 1986, while his wife Empress Masako, 60, studied international relations in the late 1980s down the road at Balliol College. At Balliol, Naruhito and Masako met Oxford University's chancellor Chris Patten and the master of the college, Helen Ghosh, as well-wishers waved Japanese and British flags.
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