China News Service, October 26 (Guan Na) reported that on the morning of the 26th local time, Mako, the eldest daughter of Prince Fumhito Akishinomiya, was officially married to Kei Komuro.
This means that Mako officially leaves the emperor and becomes a commoner.
At present, Mako has left the Akishino Palace.
The years-long "Princess's Marriage" has also come to an end temporarily.
Mason, the eldest daughter of Prince Fumihito of Akashomiya.
Image source: Screenshot of the report video from Japan's "Mainichi Shimbun".
The princess gets married and takes over Japanese media headlines
On the morning of the 26th, local time, a news of the marriage of Japanese Princess Mako and Kei Komuro quickly occupied the headlines of many Japanese media.
Although this marriage was announced long ago, Japanese society still pays attention to it.
Princess Mako is the eldest daughter of Prince Fumhito Akashomiya.
Prince Fumhito Akashomiya is the younger brother of the current Emperor Naruhito of Japan and the first heir to the throne in Japan.
According to previous reports, a person from the Imperial Household Agency in Japan commented on Mako, “As the eldest daughter, she has a strong sense of responsibility and has her own ideas, but at the same time she also considers the ideas of her parents and those around her. She has the advantage of being serious and gentle since she was a child.”
Mako has participated in many official events of the Japanese imperial family and studied at the International Christian University, specializing in fine arts and cultural property studies.
She also concealed the identity of the princess and studied in the UK.
On October 26, Mako and Kei Komuro attended the wedding press conference.
Image source: Screenshot of NHK report.
I'm finally going to marry
Princess Mako and Kei Komuro, a law school graduate, are university classmates. In September 2017, the two announced their intention to get married.
However, the road for the two to get married was not smooth.
Not long after the engagement was announced, Kei Komuro’s mother had a financial dispute with her, and the news that she owed at least 4 million yen (approximately RMB 220,000) in her private life and her complicated private life was reported, incurring accusations from the Japanese people.
The marriage of the two was postponed.
In 2018, Kei Komuro went to the United States to study law.
Recently, the Japanese royal family revealed at a press conference that Mako was suffering from "post-traumatic stress disorder" because the public "relentlessly" opposed her chosen fiance Kei Komuro.
"She feels that her dignity as a human being has been trampled on," said Makoto's psychiatrist. "She considers herself a worthless person."
In September 2017, Mako and Kei Komuro announced their intention to marry.
Image source: Screenshot of the report video from Japan's "Mainichi Shimbun".
After a small ceremony, civilians will go to the United States after marriage
At the end of September 2021, Kei Komuro returned to Japan after a lapse of three years. After two weeks of isolation, he saw his fiancee for the first time in three years.
Because the society's attitude towards this marriage is ambiguous, this young couple will not hold a grand wedding ceremony.
The Imperial Household Agency of Japan also announced that the two will not hold any marriage-related ceremonies such as weddings.
According to the statement of the Japanese Imperial Household Agency, Mako voluntarily gave up receiving up to 150 million yen (approximately 8.43 million yuan) of "dowry".
This is the first case among Japanese female royal families after the war.
On the afternoon of October 26, the two held a press conference, and Kei Komuro expressed his wish to "I love Mako and want to spend my life with the person I love".
Mako also said, "Kei Komuro is an irreplaceable existence."
A person from the Japanese royal family revealed that Mako will temporarily live in Tokyo after getting married. After completing the relevant procedures, he will go to the United States to live with Kei Komuro.
Kei Komuro works in a law firm in the United States, and his bar exam results will be announced in December.
Mako currently does not have a passport. To go to the United States after the wedding, she needs to apply for a new passport.
Mako leaves the residence of the imperial family in the Akasaka imperial land to bid farewell to Akishomiya and his wife and sister Kako.
Image source: Screenshot of NHK report.
Japanese imperial marriage repeatedly "exceptions"
According to the Japanese "Mainichi Shimbun" report, after Mako married, the Japanese royal family currently has 5 men and 12 women, a total of 17 people.
At present, there are only three people in the Japanese imperial family who have the qualifications to succeed to the throne. Prince Fumhito Akishinomiya is the first heir to the throne, while Yuhito, the eldest son of Akisinonomiya, is the second heir to the throne.
Prince Hitachi Miya, the younger brother of the emperor, was 86 years old.
As the only male among the emperor's grandchildren, the 15-year-old Yuhito shoulders the burden of the Japanese imperial family.
After the war, it was not uncommon for members of the Japanese imperial family to marry the civilians. The wife of Emperor Akihito, Michiko, was the first queen born as a civilian in the country's history. In recent years, many princesses in Japan have also chosen to marry civilians.
Emperor Akihito's eldest daughter, Kiyoko, married a civil servant in 2005; later, his niece Noriko married a son of a shrine host, and both lost their royal status due to their marriage.
The Kyodo News Agency of Japan stated that there have been many "exceptional" marriages in the Japanese imperial family, making the constitution symbolize the emperor system and other meanings, which once again arouses reflection.
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