Controversial Wedding for Japanese Princess Mako

The girl of the Crown Prince Fumihito married the Roturier Kei Komuro. A union seen from a bad eye by a part, very conservative, of Japanese society.

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The Princess Mako married without the slightest ceremony the kniker kei komuro. After four years of uncertainty, Japanese Tropees recorded, Tuesday, October 26, their marriage in Tokyo. They can now prepare their departure for New York, where Mr. Komuro will work for a law firm. Graduate in Museology at the University of Leicester (United Kingdom), Mako – Daughter of the Crown Prince Fumihito and Niece of Emperor Naruhito – could start a career in the Big Apple.

What to consider a “normal” life for a couple in the turmoil since the revelations, at the end of 2017, by the weekly Shukan Josei, the refusal of the mother of Mr. Komuro to repay 4 million yen ( EUR 30 000) paid by his former partner for his son’s studies. Unveiled three months after the public announcement of the Princess relationship, the case triggered a mounted against Mr. Komuro, presented as a seducer targeting the princess to settle his money problems. The Imperial House then postponed the Union project and Mr. Komuro left in New York, where he continued his studies.

Post-traumatic stress syndrome

Nippons tabloids are never tender as soon as they detect the slightest asperity among members of the imperial family. Women are particularly targeted. The current Empress Masako, accused of not having fulfilled his homework and criticized for not having a son, has long suffered from depression. Similarly, Mako would be affected by post-traumatic stress syndrome. “In Japan, the idea of ​​women’s autonomy still does not go, especially to the far right,” says Koichi Nakano, Sophia University Politologist.

The couple who did not deviate from his will, the marriage was finally decided and Mr. Komuro returned to Japan in September. Not without new tensions. The cotogan he was wearing revived the critics. On October 16, the extreme right paraded against the marriage, accusing the young man of “diversion of the tax to his profit”.

Fumihito who admitted that “many people are not convinced by this marriage”, traditional ceremonies have been canceled. To cut short critics on his husband, Mako, who lost his status as a member of the imperial family by his union with a roturier, gave up 152 million yen (1.1 million euros) paid to the princesses at the moment. of their marriage, as if she paid the price of her tranquility.

/Media reports.