◆ Wang Yayuan, a reporter of the Japanese Overseas Chinese Daily
On October 26, Princess Mako of the Japanese Imperial Family and Kei Komuro officially held a life-changing wedding.
As the eldest daughter of Prince Fumihito Akishinomiya, the first heir to the throne of Japan, and the niece of the current Emperor Naruhito of Japan, Mako has since fallen from the princess to the mortal world, and it is not yet known whether she will be able to obtain freedom and happiness. But what is certain is that she will lose some of the privileges that symbolize royal status.
The first thing to lose is imperial status. After marriage, Princess Mako will be removed from the Imperial Genealogy, which records the emperors, empresses, and royal families of the past, and instead, she will have a Japanese household registration. The Japanese imperial family has no surname, and after marriage, Makoto will be given the husband's surname "Komuro", and when she appears in front of the public, she will become "Komuro Makoto". According to the person in charge of the affairs of the Japanese Imperial Family, on Mako's ID card and driver's license, the household registration field will be filled in according to Kei Komuro's household registration column.
Associate Professor Hideya Kawanishi of the Graduate School of Humanities at Nagoya University, who is familiar with Japan's imperial family, said that after marriage, Mako will have the same suffrage rights as ordinary citizens. However, according to the current regulations in Japan, only residents who have lived in a certain place for more than 3 months are eligible to be included in the election management committee list of grass-roots organizations such as cities, towns and villages, and only those who enter the list are eligible to vote. Therefore, it is certain that Princess Mako does not have the possibility of participating in the Japanese national election at the end of October 2021.
Although the royal status is gone, the blood relationship is constantly cut. Therefore, princesses who marry out of the palace can still live in the palace or participate in palace banquets after marriage. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko's eldest daughter, Kiyoko Kuroda, and Noriko, the daughter of prince Takanomiya's family, have precedents. However, Associate Professor Hideya Kawanishi is still worried about Princess Mako, after all, the Japanese people are not optimistic about the marriage of the couple, Andrako and Kei Komuro are still better off keeping a low profile, so it is unlikely that the two will "enter the palace" in the near future.
In Japan, as a member of the imperial family, Princess Mako is not eligible to open a mobile phone account, and the mobile phone account of the imperial family is managed by the "imperial heir". But after marriage, she will have a mobile phone account belonging to "Makoto Komuro".
Similarly, Makoto is not eligible to open a bank account. The Akishinomiya family's savings were all managed by an institution called the Imperial Heir. But after marriage, the "Makoto Komuro" who becomes a commoner can have her own personal bank account. Despite this, in the future, the inflow and outflow of funds by Kei Komuro and his wife will still be regulated. Usually, Japanese imperial women can receive a one-time "dowry fee" of 150 million yen when they get married, but Princess Mako, who is in the whirlpool of news, voluntarily gave up this huge amount in order to calm the bargain. In addition, as a royal family, Princess Mako received an annual "royal fee" of 9.15 million yen, which was terminated forever once married.
After marriage, if the life of the younger couple encounters financial difficulties, it is absolutely impossible to beat the "autumn wind" of their father-in-law Prince Wenren of Qiushino Palace and ask for some living expenses. Because, according to Japanese law, the expenses drawn by members of the imperial family from the national treasury are limited to "maintaining the taste of imperial life.". People outside the royal family are naturally not qualified. Of course, if Mako had a child, it would be okay for Akishinomiya to buy some gifts for her granddaughter.
In terms of medical treatment, as royals, their health is usually the sole responsibility of the Japanese Miyauchi Agency Hospital. If there are special circumstances and you need to enter a hospital other than the U.S. Department hospital, the medical expenses of the members of the royal family need to be borne by them 100% at their own expense. After becoming an ordinary person, "Makoto Komuro" will also join the national medical insurance, and when seeking medical treatment, the individual will have to bear 30% of the cost.
Japanese royals who have no surname or identity, their identification when traveling abroad is a "diplomatic travel certificate". After Princess Mako got married, her "diplomatic travel certificate" had to become a passport valid for 5 or 10 years like that of ordinary Japanese nationals.
As a Japanese royal family, going abroad is not as simple as lifting your feet, you must submit it to the Diet for deliberation, and then you can travel after passing. After marriage, "Makoto Komuro" has the freedom to travel overseas, but people familiar with the matter also revealed that as the eldest daughter of the first heir to the throne, Makoto Komuro and her husband will move to New York, usa to live, and Japan will also deploy guard forces for the two.
The girl who marries out, the water that is spilled out. After leaving the imperial family, the princesses will no longer be able to return to the imperial palace or the Akasaka imperial land to live, and even if they are divorced one day, they will not be able to "move back to their mother's house".
Can the two people in the whirlpool of the topic really "live a happy and happy life" after leaving Japan? Looking at the British prince Harry and his wife, who also live in the United States, when they participated in a TV show in the United States in March, they burst the British royal family black material, which made the Japanese wonder whether Kei Komuro, who settled in the United States, would follow in their footsteps. "There will definitely be people with ulterior motives approaching them and making a big fuss about the Japanese Imperial Family." The insider said. ■