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Imperial Palace in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, April 25 Kyodo - Photo taken on May 21, 1993, shows the Imperial Palace Sanctuaries in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, the venue of the wedding ceremonies of Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and former diplomat Masako Owada on June 9, 1993.

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LADIES OF THEPOLICE

LADIES OF THEPOLICE, Women's police officer (Ginza), Ginza 4-chome police box, women's social advancement, training, kendo, judo, wedding parade of the Crown Prince and Masako Owada=Date:1994, Place:Tokyo, JAPAN

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Ex-school teacher stays committed to antinuclear movement

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken April 24, 2014 shows Hidefumi Owada, a former school teacher and antinuclear activist, holding a crane figurine belonging to the abandoned garden of his home in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. The amount of radiation in the garden remains high, leaving no time for Owada, a devoted gardener, to attend to his once-proud garden. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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Owada reelected as ICJ judge

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2009 shows Hisashi Owada, the father of Japanese Crown Princess Masako and president of the International Court of Justice. Owada, who has been a member of the court since 2003, was reelected on Nov. 10, 2011, as a judge on the The Hague-based institution after the 15-member U.N. Security Council and the General Assembly voted to appoint him for a second nine-year term.

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Owada elected as chief of International Court of Justice

BRUSSELS, Belgium - File photo shows Hisashi Owada, a former Japanese diplomat serving as a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague in the Netherlands, who was elected president of the court Feb. 6. Owada, father of Japanese Crown Princess Masako, became an ICJ judge in February 2003.

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(1)Prince, princess offer condolences for grandmother's death

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from L) and Princess Masako (R), along with their child, Princess Aiko, visit the home of Suzuko Egashira, Princess Masako's grandmother, in Tokyo on Nov. 20 to offer condolences for the grandmother's death. Princess Masako's maternal grandmother died Nov. 19 at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture at age 88. At left is Princess Masako's mother Yumiko Owada. (Pool photo)

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Owada elected to World Court

NEW YORK, United States - Hisashi Owada, Japanese Crown Princess Masako's father, speaks at a news conference Oct. 21 in New York after being elected a judge on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the United Nations earlier in the day.

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(7)New royal baby named Princess Aiko

TOKYO, Japan - Yumiko Owada (L) and Reiko Ikeda, mother and younger sister, respectively, of Crown Princess Masako, arrive at the Imperial Household Agency Hospital with some gifts in hand Dec. 7.

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Crown Princess Masako's parents attend celebration of birth

TOKYO, Japan - The parents of Crown Princess Masako -- Hisashi Owada (R) and Yumiko -- leave their home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Dec. 2 to attend an event at the Imperial Palace celebrating the birth of the princess. Their daughter gave birth to the baby girl on Dec. 1 at the Hospital of the Imperial Household.

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(10)Crown Princess Masako gives birth to girl

TOKYO, Japan - The parents of Crown Princess Masako -- Hisashi Owada (L) and his wife Yumiko -- leave the Hospital of the Imperial Household in the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo on Dec. 1 after seeing their daughter. The princess gave birth to a baby girl at the hospital the same day. (Pool photo)

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(7)Crown Princess Masako gives birth to girl

TOKYO, Japan - Hisashi Owada, the father of Crown Princess Masako, smiles as he leaves his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Dec. 1 for the Hospital of the Imperial Household to see his daughter. Crown Princess Masako gave birth to a baby girl at the hospital earlier in the day.

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(2)Princess Masako awaits birth of 1st child in hospital

TOKYO, Japan - Yumiko Owada, the mother of Crown Princess Masako, arrives at the Hospital of the Imperial Household in the Imperial Palace compounds in Tokyo on the morning of Dec. 1 to be together with her daughter, who was admitted to the hospital to deliver her first baby. (Pool photo)

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(10)Palace announces Crown Princess is pregnant

TOKYO, Japan - A beaming Hisashi Owada, father of Crown Princess Masako, answers a reporter in Meguro, Tokyo, as he comes home from work May 15.

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(9)Palace announces Crown Princess is pregnant

TOKYO, Japan - In accordance with Japanese tradition, a raw sea bream arrives May 15 for delivery to the house of Hisashi Owada, father of Crown Princess Masako, in celebration of her pregnancy.

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Crown Princess Masako's sister weds Japanese lawyer in U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Reiko Owada, one of Crown Princess Masako's twin sisters, who recently married Masahisa Ikeda, a Japanese lawyer operating in New York.

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Japan to field Owada as candidate for World Court judge

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hisashi Owada, a former Japanese ambassador to the United Nations whom Tokyo is planning to field in the next election of judges for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) scheduled for fall 2002. A former career diplomat in the Foreign Ministry, 68-year-old Owada is currently president of the Japan Institute of International Affairs, a private think tank, and is the father of Crown Princess Masako. The ICJ, also known as the World Court, is the U.N.'s judicial arm.

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Reporters try to interview Princess Masako's father

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters try to interview Hisashi Owada, father of Princess Masako, in front of his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Dec. 10 about reports that princess is apparently pregnant. Owada, a former career diplomat who also served as vice foreign minister and ambassador to the United Nations, currently heads the Japan Institute of International Affairs.

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Japan ratifies land mine treaty

Hisashi Owada, Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations, (L) files ratification instruments for a global treaty banning antipersonnel land mines with an unidentified U.N. official at the U.N. Headquarters on Wednesday Sept. 30. Japan is the 43rd nation to ratify the treaty, which will come into effect March 1.

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Sato named ambassador to U.N.

Yukio Sato, former ambassador to Australia, was appointed Japan's ambassador to the United Nations on Friday Sept. 4. Sato, 58, who has also served as director general of the ministry's North American Affairs Bureau and ambassador to the Netherlands, replaces Hisashi Owada, who has been U.N. envoy since March 1994.

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(1)Prince, princess offer condolences for grandmother's death

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from L) and Princess Masako (R), along with their child, Princess Aiko, visit the home of Suzuko Egashira, Princess Masako's grandmother, in Tokyo on Nov. 20 to offer condolences for the grandmother's death. Princess Masako's maternal grandmother died Nov. 19 at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture at age 88. At left is Princess Masako's mother Yumiko Owada. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Owada elected to World Court

NEW YORK, United States - Hisashi Owada, Japanese Crown Princess Masako's father, speaks at a news conference Oct. 21 in New York after being elected a judge on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the United Nations earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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The Wedding of the Crown Prince and Princess Masako

Masako celebrates her marriage ceremony with the Crown Prince. Date of shooting unknown, release date: July 1, 1993.

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The Emperor and His Family in the New Year

Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress can't stop smiling at the sight of Mako playing at the height of her cuteness. The Emperor's family in the New Year, young Mako playing near the Emperor and Empress, date of shooting unknown, release date: January 1, 1995.

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Masako's radiant dress ceremony

The Nousai Ceremony was held at the Owada residence to mark the engagement of the Crown Prince to Masako Owada. <Caption> Scenes from the Noh-sai Ceremony at the Owada residence, the general register in front of the Imperial Palace, the Crown Prince and Masako strolling through the Imperial Palace, date of shooting unknown, release date: May 1, 1993.

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Masako Owada to be Crown Princess

A meeting of the Imperial Household Agency was held to discuss the marriage of Crown Prince Tokuhito and Ms. Masako Owada, and their marriage was unanimously approved by 10 members of the House of Councilors, including Prime Minister Miyazawa, House Speaker Sakurauchi and House Speaker Hara, and Prince Mikasa. Date of shooting unknown, date of release: February 1, 1993.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Azusa Iwashimizu (C), a member of the 2011 Women's World Cup-winning Japan soccer team, passes the Olympic flame to Asato Owada (L) on the opening day of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay on March 25, 2021, in Naraha, Fukushima Prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Owada elected as chief of International Court of Justice

BRUSSELS, Belgium - File photo shows Hisashi Owada, a former Japanese diplomat serving as a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague in the Netherlands, who was elected president of the court Feb. 6. Owada, father of Japanese Crown Princess Masako, became an ICJ judge in February 2003. (Kyodo)

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(7)New royal baby named Princess Aiko

TOKYO, Japan - Yumiko Owada (L) and Reiko Ikeda, mother and younger sister, respectively, of Crown Princess Masako, arrive at the Imperial Household Agency Hospital with some gifts in hand Dec. 7.

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(7)Crown Princess Masako gives birth to girl

TOKYO, Japan - Hisashi Owada, the father of Crown Princess Masako, smiles as he leaves his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Dec. 1 for the Hospital of the Imperial Household to see his daughter. Crown Princess Masako gave birth to a baby girl at the hospital earlier in the day.

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(10)Crown Princess Masako gives birth to girl

TOKYO, Japan - The parents of Crown Princess Masako -- Hisashi Owada (L) and his wife Yumiko -- leave the Hospital of the Imperial Household in the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo on Dec. 1 after seeing their daughter. The princess gave birth to a baby girl at the hospital the same day.

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Owada reelected as ICJ judge

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2009 shows Hisashi Owada, the father of Japanese Crown Princess Masako and president of the International Court of Justice. Owada, who has been a member of the court since 2003, was reelected on Nov. 10, 2011, as a judge on the The Hague-based institution after the 15-member U.N. Security Council and the General Assembly voted to appoint him for a second nine-year term. (Kyodo)

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(10)Palace announces Crown Princess is pregnant

TOKYO, Japan - A beaming Hisashi Owada, father of Crown Princess Masako, answers a reporter in Meguro, Tokyo, as he comes home from work May 15.

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Japanese emperor's enthronement ceremony

Former Japanese diplomat Hisashi Owada and his wife Yumiko -- parents of Empress Masako -- arrive at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2019, to attend Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ICJ Judge Owada

International Court of Justice Judge Hisashi Owada (C), the father of Japanese Crown Princess Masako, is pictured at the court in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 6, 2018, a day before he steps down from his ICJ post. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ICJ Judge Owada

International Court of Justice Judge Hisashi Owada, the father of Japanese Crown Princess Masako, is interviewed at the court in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 6, 2018, a day before he steps down from his ICJ post. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Outgoing ICJ Judge Owada

International Court of Justice Judge Hisashi Owada, the father of Japanese Crown Princess Masako, speaks at a U.N. Security Council meeting in New York on May 17, 2018. It is believed these will be Owada's final remarks at the council in his current capacity, as he is set to step down from his ICJ post next month.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ICJ judge Owada

File photo taken in February 2009 shows Hisashi Owada, father of Japanese Crown Princess Masako and a former president of the International Court of Justice. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 child dead, 2 in critical condition after condo fire

Police and firefighters inspect the scene of a fire in Saitama, Japan, on April 20, 2017. A 4-year-old girl died and her two siblings were in critical condition from smoke inhalation after fire gutted their home in a condominium building the previous night when their mother, Ayumu Owada, was out. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Princess Masako

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako visits her parents' home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward with her daughter Princess Aiko. They were greeted by her parents, Hisashi Owada and his wife Yumiko. The photo was taken Sept. 4, 2003. (Kyodo)

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(9)Palace announces Crown Princess is pregnant

TOKYO, Japan - In accordance with Japanese tradition, a raw sea bream arrives May 15 for delivery to the house of Hisashi Owada, father of Crown Princess Masako, in celebration of her pregnancy.

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Crown Princess Masako's sister weds Japanese lawyer in U.S.

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Reiko Owada, one of Crown Princess Masako's twin sisters, who recently married Masahisa Ikeda, a Japanese lawyer operating in New York.

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Japan to field Owada as candidate for World Court judge

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hisashi Owada, a former Japanese ambassador to the United Nations whom Tokyo is planning to field in the next election of judges for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) scheduled for fall 2002. A former career diplomat in the Foreign Ministry, 68-year-old Owada is currently president of the Japan Institute of International Affairs, a private think tank, and is the father of Crown Princess Masako. The ICJ, also known as the World Court, is the U.N.'s judicial arm.

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Reporters try to interview Princess Masako's father

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters try to interview Hisashi Owada, father of Princess Masako, in front of his home in Tokyo's Meguro Ward on Dec. 10 about reports that princess is apparently pregnant. Owada, a former career diplomat who also served as vice foreign minister and ambassador to the United Nations, currently heads the Japan Institute of International Affairs.

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Japan ratifies land mine treaty

Hisashi Owada, Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations, (L) files ratification instruments for a global treaty banning antipersonnel land mines with an unidentified U.N. official at the U.N. Headquarters on Wednesday Sept. 30. Japan is the 43rd nation to ratify the treaty, which will come into effect March 1.

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Sato named ambassador to U.N.

Yukio Sato, former ambassador to Australia, was appointed Japan's ambassador to the United Nations on Friday Sept. 4. Sato, 58, who has also served as director general of the ministry's North American Affairs Bureau and ambassador to the Netherlands, replaces Hisashi Owada, who has been U.N. envoy since March 1994.