After several years of national controversy, Princess Mako, a member of the Japanese imperial family, will marry Mr. Kei Komuro and has decided to move to New York City after their marriage. Her engagement with Kei Komuro, a recent graduate from Fordham University’s law school, provoked a lot of intense debates about the Imperial House of Japan, ranging from the principle of male-line succession under the current Imperial Family Law to the traditions (and freedom) of marriage among the Japanese imperial family members (Kei, a highly well-educated lawyer-to-be, comes from a working-class family in Japan).
[Update on Sunday, October 24, 2021]
Many U.S. mainstream media started to report the marriage of Princess Mako and Kei Komuro in October. Media frenzy caught fire in the U.S. too.
- Heavy Is the Burden on Japan’s Royal Women (NYT on Sunday, October 24, 2021)
- Not everyone approves of this princess’ wedding. She’s going ahead with it anyway (CNN on Saturday, October 23, 2021)
- Move over Harry and Meghan, Japan’s Princess Mako is going un-royal (CBS News on Friday, October 1, 2021)
- A Princess Is Set to Be Wed. But It’s No Fairy Tale. (NYT on Friday, October 1, 2021)
- https://www.wsj.com/articles/japans-princess-mako-whose-ptsd-is-blamed-on-media-scrutiny-set-to-marry-11633087688 (WSJ on Friday, October 1, 2021)
- Princess Mako and commoner fiancé Kei: Megxit without the money (NY Post on Saturday, October 2, 2021)
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/28/japan-royals-princess-marriage/ (The Washington Post on Tuesday, September 28, 2021)
[Update on Wednesday, October 27, 2021]
A few more articles today.
- Japan’s Princess Mako will relocate to New York after marrying a nonroyal (NPR on Tuesday, October 26, 2021)
- At Last, a Royal Wedding. But No Trumpets, Just a News Conference (NYT on Tuesday, October 26, 2021)
