HM the Emperor Naruhito of Japan
Honorary Fellow
The Emperor of Japan, Naruhito came to Merton in 1983 for two years, studying for an MLitt in History.
HIH postgraduate research focused on the history of transportation on the Thames. He described this experience in The Thames and I: A Memoir of Two Years at Oxford.
![© Michel Temer [CC BY 2.0] Naruhito in 2018](/sites/default/files/styles/merton_people/public/2021-09/Naruhito.jpg?h=0c27f1b3&itok=HHy1ptNp)