Princess Mako, 30, the nephew of Emperor Naruhito, got married in a manner unprecedented in the royal family, despite public opposition.
According to Japanese media such as Kyodo News, an employee of the Imperial Household Agency, an administrative agency in charge of royal affairs, submitted a marriage registration form between Princess Mako and Kei Komuro (30), a classmate of the International Christian University (ICU) in Japan, to the competent local government. It has been repaired.
With this, Mako and Gay became a couple.
Mako took her husband's surname and changed her first name to 'Gumuro Mako'.
Amidst widespread opposition from the Japanese public against Mako's marriage to a gay man, the marriage ceremony was virtually completed with paperwork alone, without an official celebration.
A lump sum payment is delivered to a princess who leaves the royal family by marrying a commoner, but it was not paid for the first time because Princess Mako, conscious of public opinion, said she would not receive it.
In a survey conducted online from September 22-28 this year by Aera, a weekly magazine affiliated with the Asahi Shimbun, 93.3% of the respondents said that they had no intention of blessing their marriage.
Considering the special affection of the Japanese for members of the royal family, this is a very unusual reaction.
(Photo = AP, Yonhap News)