Japan's emperor plants tree at Oxford University college where he once studied

(28 Jun 2024)
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Oxford, UK - 28 June 2024
1. Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako entering courtyard at Oxford University's Merton College with college warden Professor Jennifer Payne
2. Naruhito and Masako walking into gardens to newly planted cherry tree
3. Pan from Naruhito to Masako
4. Naruhito and Masako shovelling soil around tree, receiving applause
5. Wide of Naruhito and Masako walking away
STORYLINE:
Japan's Emperor Naruhito planted a cherry tree at Oxford University on Friday in the gardens of the college where he was once a student.
Naruhito was joined by Empress Masako for his return to Merton College, where he studied for a postgraduate history degree between 1983 and 1985.
Those two years were chronicled in his memoir “The Thames and I".
Masako also studied at Oxford's Balliol College a few years after her husband.
Their visit to the university was due to be the Japanese royals' final stop of a weeklong stay in the UK aimed at bolstering ties as well as offering them a chance to revisit their personal connections.
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