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Amid rumors and pressure from the Japanese media, Owada left Japan in 1988 for a two-year, Foreign Minsitry-sponsored study at Oxford. But in 1993, the Imperial Household announced the engagement, and that June Owada became Crown Princess of Japan, only the second commoner to ever marry into the...
Owada’s marriage was seen by many as a hope for a new step forward for women in Japanese society.
“She is somebody who put her family and her country first,” Juhon said. “You knew that she was really studying and destined for great things, you just didn’t really anticipate it being this route.”
Still, he said, the pros of married life far outweigh the cons. “Our friends have been very supportive, very happy for us. Plus, it’s fun interacting with them as a married couple,” he said.
According to Brinton, “There are so many wonderful things about married life, but I think the best would have to be that Lindsey inspires me to be a better person. Whenever I’m around him, or even when I’m not, I want...