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Even though she grew up around the world, Owada was more familiar with Cambridge than most Harvard freshmen when she moved into the fourth floor of Thayer in September of 1981. Her father was a visiting professor at Harvard Law School for the previous two years, and Owada spent her...
Owada instead tried to bridge the gap between the two cultures, joining the Japanese Culture Society and introducing her friends to Japanese traditions. Lucia A. Giudice ’85—who lived on the fourth floor of Thayer with Owada and attended high school with her?...
“In some ways I was a little surprised because she had such a potential for a brilliant career of her own right,” Juhon said.
Owada similarly used her academic interests in economics and politics to bring together her two cultures, including working as a research assistant translating Japanese documents for History Professor Andrew D. Gordon ’74 during the spring of her junior year. Gordon also served on the committee for...
After leaving Harvard, Owada knew she wanted to continue in her father’s footsteps and join the Foreign Ministry. In 1986, she enrolled in the law department at Tokyo University to study for the Ministry’s entrance exam. She entered the Ministry only a year later?...