China News Network, October 26 (Guan Na) comprehensive report, on the morning of the 26th local time, the eldest daughter of the Japanese Emperor Akishino palace Prince Fumihito, and Komuro Kei officially married. This meant that Mako officially broke away from the imperial family and became a commoner. At present, Mako has left the Akishino Palace. The years-long "Princess Marriage Record" has also come to an end temporarily.
The eldest daughter of Prince Wenren of Akishinomiya. Image source: Screenshot of the video of the Mainichi Shimbun report in Japan.
Princess marriage occupies the headlines of the Japanese media
On the morning of the 26th local time, a news of the marriage of Princess Makoto and Kei Komuro of Japan quickly occupied the headlines of many Japanese media. Although this marriage has been announced for a long time, the heat of Japanese society's attention to it is still undiminished.
Princess Mako was the eldest daughter of Prince Wenren of Akishinomiya. Prince Fumihito Akishinomiya is the younger brother of the current Japanese Emperor Naruhito and the first heir to the Throne of Japan.
According to previous reports, a relevant person from japan's Imperial Household Agency commented on Makoto: "She has a strong sense of responsibility as the eldest daughter and has her own ideas, but she will also consider the ideas of her parents and the people around her, and she has the advantages of being serious and gentle since she was a child." ”
Mako has attended many official events in the Japanese imperial family and studied at the International Christian University, specializing in the study of fine arts and cultural property. She also concealed her status as a princess and studied in the UK.
On October 26, Mako and Kei Komuro attend a wedding press conference. Image source: Screenshot of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) report.
Finally going to get married, but there were twists and turns
Princess Mako and law school graduate Kei Komuro are college classmates, and in September 2017, the two made their intentions to marry publicly.
However, the road to marriage between the two is not smooth.
Shortly after the announcement of the engagement, Kei Komuro's mother had a financial dispute with someone, and the news that she owed at least 4 million yen (about 220,000 yuan) and had a complicated private life was reported, which drew 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 imperial family revealed at a press conference that Makoto suffered from "post-traumatic stress disorder" because the public "relentlessly" opposed her chosen fiancé, Kei Komuro.
"She felt that her dignity as a human being had been trampled upon," said Princess Mako," said Princess Mako, "and she considered herself a worthless person." ”
In September 2017, Mako and Kei Komuro disclosed their intention to marry. Image source: Screenshot of the video of the Mainichi Shimbun report in Japan.
Do not hold a ceremony After marriage, a commoner will go to the United States
At the end of September 2021, Kei Komuro returned to Japan after a three-year hiatus, and after two weeks of quarantine, he saw his fiancée for the first time in three years. Because society's attitude towards this marriage is ambiguous, the young couple will not hold a grand wedding ceremony.
Japan's Imperial Household Agency also announced that the two will not hold any wedding-related ceremonies such as weddings. According to a statement from Japan's Imperial Household Agency, Mako voluntarily gave up to receiving a "dowry" of up to 150 million yen (about 8.43 million yuan). This is the first of its kind in the post-war Japanese female imperial family.
On the afternoon of October 26, the two held a press conference, and Kei Komuro expressed his desire to "love Makoto and want to spend my life with the people I love." Mako also said that "Kei Komuro is an irreplaceable existence."
According to relevant sources in the Japanese imperial family, Mako will temporarily live in Tokyo after marriage, and after completing the relevant procedures, she will go to the United States to live with Kei Komuro.
Kei Komuro works at a law firm in the United States, and the results of his bar exam will be announced in December. Mako does not have a passport now, and when she travels to the United States after her wedding, she needs to apply for a new passport.
Mako leaves the residence of the Imperial Akasaka Imperial Estate and bids farewell to Akishinomiya and his sister Yoshiko. Image source: Screenshot of the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) report.
Japanese Imperial Family Marriages Have Repeatedly Made "Exceptions"
According to Japan's "Mainichi Shimbun" report, after Mako got married, the Japanese imperial family currently has 5 men and 12 women, a total of 17 people.
At present, there are only 3 people in the Japanese imperial family who are eligible to inherit the throne, with Prince Fumihito of Akishinomiya as the first heir to the throne, and Akishinoya's eldest son Yuhito becoming the second heir to the throne. The previous emperor's younger brother, Prince Masahito Ofaji, was 86 years old. As the only male in the emperor's grandchildren, 15-year-old Yuhito can be said to shoulder the "burden of inheritance" of the Japanese imperial family.
After the war, it was not uncommon for members of the Japanese imperial family to marry people, and Michiko, the wife of Emperor Akihito, was the first commoner-born empress in the history of the country, and in recent years, many Japanese princesses have also chosen to marry commoners.
Emperor Akihito's eldest daughter, Kiyoko, married a civil servant in 2005, and later, her niece Noriko married a son of a shrine abbot, and both lost their royal status as a result of the marriage.
Japan's Kyodo News Agency said that there have been many "exceptions" to marriages in the Japanese imperial family, which have once again aroused the reflection of the meaning of the imperial system under the constitution. (End)
Source: China News Network