Ezra Vogel, famed U.S. expert on Japan and China and professor emeritus at Harvard University, believes Empress Masako will prove an effective communicator for Japan on the world stage due to her diplomatic experience and command of languages."She'll be able to do it effortlessly," the long-time friend of the empress' family said in fluent Japanese during a recent interview with Kyodo News at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts.The empress will take part in the "Sokuirei Seiden no gi" ceremony on Tuesday, in which her husband Emperor Naruhito, who ascended to the throne on May 1, will proc…READ FULL ARTICLE
