John Burnham Schwartz’s latest novel, “The Commoner,” is based on the life of Michiko Shoda, who married Crown Prince Akihito and later became the empress of Japan.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/07/AR2008020703236.html
Kunio Francis Tanabe 