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Princess Mako marries commoners, relinquishes imperial status, refuses imperial-style marriage rituals and refuses benefits
Princess Mako and Kei Komuro speak before the press on Tuesday (26/10).
The niece of the Japanese emperor, Princess Mako has officially married her former school friend, a commoner named Kei Komuro so that Mako automatically loses her imperial status.
At a press conference in Tokyo on Tuesday (26/10), the couple announced their official marriage registration, after their relationship was shrouded in public controversy for years.
Mako and her husband also apologized to the Japanese public regarding their marriage.
"I apologize profusely for the trouble that occurred and I am very grateful to those... who continue to support me," he said as reported by NHK.
"To me, Kei is irreplaceable - marriage was a necessary choice for us."
Meanwhile, Komuro adds that he loves Mako.
"I love Mako. We only live once, and I want to spend it with the people I love.
Princess Mako and her parents.
Princess Mako left her residence in Tokyo on Tuesday (26/10) at around 10:00 local time (08:00 WIB) to head to the civil registry and bowed several times to her parents, Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko.
He also hugged his sister before leaving for the civil registry office, Kyodo news agency reported.
Plans to settle in the United States
Princess Mako and Kei bowed towards the invitation at the civil registry office.
The former princess refuses to perform the usual rituals of royal weddings. He also refused the allowances normally given to women from the imperial family who opted out. The value of the allowance is reported to be 150 million yen (Rp. 19.2 billion).
Putri Mako and Kei Komuro at a press conference Tuesday (26/10).
Mako and Komuro plan to settle in the United States. Komuro works as a lawyer in the country.
Press conference to announce their marriage.
The couple were originally due to wed in 2018, but it was postponed after Komuro's family was reported to be experiencing financial difficulties.
Residents protest in a park in Tokyo.
All the actions of Princess Mako and Kei Komuro became news headlines in various Japanese media.
On Tuesday (26/10), a number of residents protested the wedding in a park.
Many carried banners containing Komuro's family's financial problems, particularly his mother.
A resident watches the press conference of Princess Mako and her husband via cellphone at a hotel in Tokyo on Tuesday (26/10).
Excessive media coverage of the princess — her father is Crown Prince Fumihito — and the Komuro family in recent years has left Princess Mako with post-traumatic stress disorder, according to the Imperial Household Agency, as written by Kyodo news agency.
His aunt, Empress Masako, also suffers from a stress-related illness due to the immense pressure of having a son who can inherit the throne.
In Japan, there is still a lot of stigma around mental illness.
Mother-in-law's financial problems
Princess Mako and Kei Komuro when announcing their wedding plans in early October.
Princess Mako and Kei Komuro first met in 2012 when they were both students at the International Christian University in Tokyo.
They got engaged in 2017 and plan to get married a year later.
However, news emerged about Komuro's mother's financial problems. He allegedly took a loan from his ex-fiancé and was unable to repay.
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The palace denies that the postponement of the wedding had anything to do with the incident, although Crown Prince Fumihito said it was important to resolve the debt issue before they were married.
According to the BBC's Tokyo correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, the main reason for hostility towards Komuro is among Japanese conservatives who feel he is unfit to be the emperor's nephew.
Komuro - who has landed a job with a well-known law firm in New York comes from a modest family and the Japanese tabloids for years sought dirty things from his family, including accusations against his mother.
Komuro has also recently been in the news after a photo of him in a ponytail was circulated. On Twitter, several accounts from Japan vented outrage, saying such a hairstyle was inappropriate for someone who wanted to marry into the royal family.
Kei Komuro is seen with her hair in a ponytail.
Under Japanese law, female members of the royal family must renounce their status if they marry a "commoner", even though male family members do not.
Harry and Meghan from Japan
Mariko Oi, BBC News
Kei Komuro has previously been a controversial figure. But when she landed in Tokyo earlier this week before the announcement of the wedding, she made another stir — because of her ponytail.
In a country that still views appearance as a large part of the impression on a person, some in Japan may feel that his new hairstyle proves that he is not worthy of marrying Princess Mako.
This news is another example of how the public pressure on this couple has been feeling since the announcement of their engagement.
News of his mother's financial problems and allegations that his relationship with the Kingdom of Japan allowed Komuro to attend law school in the US has also made headlines.
On the other hand, the couple's supporters have praised Komuro for surviving the media obsession with being engaged to a member of the royal family.
That, and their decision to move to the US, has earned the couple a new nickname: "Harry and Meghan from Japan".
Even though the two are far more low-profile than the British royal, their relationship being open to the public is a rarity in the world's oldest dynasty.













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