Former Japanese princess arrives in US with commoner husband

[RandySF]

TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese princess who gave up her royal status to marry her commoner college sweetheart arrived in New York on Sunday, as the couple pursued happiness as newlyweds and left behind a nation that has criticized their romance.

The departure of Mako Komuro, the former Princess Mako, and Kei Komuro, both 30, was carried live by major Japanese broadcasters, showing them boarding a plane amid a flurry of camera flashes at Haneda Airport in Tokyo.

Kei Komuro, a graduate of Fordham University law school, has a job at a New York law firm. He has yet to pass his bar exam, another piece of news that local media have used to attack him, although it is common to pass after multiple attempts.

"I love Mako," he told reporters last month after registering their marriage in Tokyo. They did so without a wedding banquet or any of the other usual celebratory rituals.

"I want to live the only life I have with the person I love," he said.



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[betsuni]

1. It's incredible that he said he loves Mako, and they didn't have a wedding ceremony.

Older generations were rolling over in their graves, grimacing, to hear a man say he loves his wife in public.

Ha! F U, royal family and Japan! When their marriage was called off a few years ago by whoever's in charge of the royal family, I thought that was it. Komuro and Mako have a lot of courage. I love them!

[Dorian Gray]

2. Wishing them many years of happiness

In NYC they'll be able to have all of the anonymity they want to start their lives in peace.

This is a pretty amazing story, and I admire both of them so much for bucking the system. Especially her. (Also, ROYALTY is stupid.)

[LisaL]

3. Good for them.

NT

[Hortensis]

4. After nearly a decade, often very hard. All the best to them. nt