Komuro’s engagement to former Princess Mako, introduced in 2017, prompted a widespread public outcry, totally on social media and within the tabloids. One purpose was a monetary drawback of Komuro’s mom, though that’s since been resolved.
Japan seems trendy on the floor, however values about household and girls are rooted in feudal practices. Many Japanese are additionally typically jealous of people that examine overseas or get jobs with worldwide corporations.
Komuro, 31, a graduate of Fordham College regulation faculty, has a job at a New York regulation agency, and has been dwelling in New York with Mako, a museum curator.
Komuro failed the bar in his two earlier makes an attempt. It’s widespread for folks to go after a number of makes an attempt. Of the 9,609 candidates for the most recent examination, the passing price was 66% at 6,350 folks, together with Komuro.
The couple did with none fancy marriage ceremony, registered their marriage and took off to New York in November final yr. They met whereas attending Tokyo’s Worldwide Christian College a decade in the past.
The Japanese tabloids had stalked the couple in New York, taking snapshots and commenting snidely about Mako’s informal garments, which struck a distinction with the standard staid formal put on of Japan’s imperial household.
Different princesses have married commoners and left the palace, as there’s solely male succession within the imperial household. However the response to Komuro and Mako was particularly frenzied, a lot of it specializing in whether or not he would be capable of assist his spouse.
Hypothesis has now moved to how a lot cash he could be incomes as a lawyer, as an alternative of when he could be getting fired.
Experiences stated Komuro’s shaky standing will enhance with the imperial household, the couple could transfer from Hell’s Kitchen to a ritzier neighborhood and Komuro’s mother could transfer in with them.
Mako, who turns 31 Sunday, is the niece of Emperor Naruhito, who additionally married a commoner, Masako. Masako, a Harvard graduate, suffered despair within the cloistered imperial life. Former Emperor Akihito, Naruhito’s father, was the primary member of the imperial household to marry a commoner.
The household holds no political energy however serves as a logo of the nation, attending ceremonial occasions and visiting catastrophe zones.
When Komuro returned from the U.S. final yr to marry Mako, they have been reunited for the primary time in three years.
Mako stated then: “He’s somebody I can not do with out.”
Komuro echoed her devotion: “I wish to reside the one life I’ve with the individual I like.”
Yuri Kageyama is on Twitter https://twitter.com/yurikageyama
