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Princess Mako and Kei Komuro will get married on October 26.
After years of media exposure and various controversies, Princess Mako of Japan will finally marry her civilian boyfriend Kei Komuro at the end of October this year and give up her royal status.
The Imperial Household Agency of Japan announced that Princess Mako and Kei Komuro will get married on October 26. The couple was originally scheduled to get married in 2018, but the wedding was reportedly delayed due to the financial problems of Komuro’s mother.
Princess Mako will move to the United States after her marriage in Japan-Kei Komuro works as a lawyer in the United States.
According to Kyodo News, the Imperial Household Agency said that the local media’s extensive reports and exposure of the relationship between the two countries put Princess Mako under tremendous pressure and caused her to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Komuro was wearing a ponytail when he returned to Japan.
Who is Mako Princess?
Princess Mako, 29, is the first granddaughter of Emperor Akihito of Japan, and the eldest daughter of Prince Fumihito, the second son of Emperor Akihito.
Princess Mako and Kei Komuro met for the first time when they were studying at the International Christian University in Japan in 2012. They got engaged in 2017 and decided to get married in 2018.
However, the wedding was postponed due to the financial problems of Kosuro Kyu’s mother-it is reported that Kosuro Kyu’s mother owed her ex-fiance a loan that was not paid off.
Although the Japanese imperial family denied that the marriage delay was related to Kei Komuro’s mother’s debt, Prince Fumihito once stated that it is very important to resolve the debt problem before the two get married.
Princess Mako is reported to abandon the traditional “lump sum” of the Japanese imperial family (worth 150 million yen, equivalent to about 8.4 million yuan, which is a fee for the Japanese imperial family when they leave the imperial family for marriage and other reasons). Princess Mako is expected to also save the etiquette of the royal wedding.
If Princess Mako gave up the “temporary gold” and did not hold a royal wedding, then she would be the first female member of the Japanese royal family to do so.
According to Japanese law, female royal family members lose their royal family status after they “marry” to civilians, but male members do not.
“Japan’s Harry and Meghan”
BBC reporter Mariko Oi（Mariko Oi）
Kei Komuro was originally a controversial figure. When he returned to Japan this week before the wedding was announced, he caused media hype again because he put on a ponytail.
The Japanese attach great importance to appearance and image, and some Japanese believe that his new hairstyle further proves that he is not suitable for marrying Princess Mako.
This also highlights the fact that every move of the couple after announcing their engagement was under public pressure and scrutiny, especially the debt issue of Kei Omuro’s mother, and the alleged that Kei Omuro himself entered the U.S. law school because of the royal family. Become the headlines of media attention.
But Kei Komuro’s supporters praised him for being able to withstand the siege and pressure of the media. Moreover, their decision to live in the United States after their marriage has led some people to call them the “Harry and Meghan of Japan.”
Although they are much lower-key than Harry and Megan, in Japan, the hereditary dynasty with the longest history in the world, the public relationship between the two has become a rare spectacle for people to watch.
