Japan's Empress Masako turns 61, reflects on "memorable" U.K. visit

Japan's Empress Masako, on the occasion of her 61st birthday Monday, reflected on a year that included a "memorable" state visit to Britain with Emperor Naruhito and a tour of their shared alma mater, Oxford University."To be able to re-visit the nostalgic Oxford University after 34 years was a special opportunity, and I was deeply moved," the empress said in a statement released by the Imperial Household Agency. She thanked Japanese and British officials for arranging the June visit.Looking back on the year's events, she said the Nobel Peace Prize win for the Japanese atomic bomb survivors…READ FULL ARTICLE