(Last of 2 Parts) On September 3, Princess Mako, eldest daughter of Prince Akishino, gave a press conference at Akasaka Goyochi in Tokyo with her fiancé Kei Komuro, 25, her former classmate at International Christian University. In that public appearance together, she famously said his smile was “as bright as the sunlight,” […]
(First of 2 parts) On September 3, Princess Mako, eldest daughter of Prince Akishino, gave a press conference at Akasaka Goyochi in Tokyo with her fiancé Kei Komuro, 25, her former classmate at International Christian University. In that public appearance together, she famously said his smile was “as bright as the sunlight,” while […]
On September 3, Princess Mako, the eldest daughter of Prince Akishino-no-miya and Princess Kiko, and Kei Komuro, 25, announced their engagement in a press conference that lasted approximately 13 minutes. The affianced pair said that they were like “the sun and the moon,” and exchanged frequent glances while opening up about how […]
Princess Mako on the right with her parents Prince and Princess Akishino at an exhibition of London’s Natural History Museum in Tokyo, May 22, 2017. The courtship of Princess Mako and her soon-to-be fiancé Kei Komuro, both age 25, resembles in many ways that of her parents’. Princess Mako and Komuro met […]
Princess Mako on the left with her mother, Princess Kiko Princess Mako, the eldest daughter of Prince Fumihito (Akishinonomiya) and his wife, Princess Kiko, is preparing for an engagement to a young man whom she met while they were both students at the International Christian University in Tokyo. The news of Princess Mako’s […]
The Imperial Household Agency has announced that starting September, Princess Kako, daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, will take part in a short-term exchange program at the University of Leeds in central England. The course will run until June 2018, and the princess will return to Japan sometime in the summer. A third-year […]
As record rains in northern Kyushu lead to widespread damage, the Imperial Household Ministry has decided to postpone the wedding announcement of Princess Mako, the eldest daughter of Prince Fumihito (Akishinonomiya), to her college classmate at International Christian University (ICU), Kei Komuro. An official announcement will be forthcoming. According to sources close […]
On Friday, June 16, the special, one-time law that allows the emperor’s abdication will be promulgated. Except for the Liberal Party, whose members left before the vote during June 9’s plenary session, all parties supported the new law. It is the first abdication in nearly 200 years, since that of 119th […]
