<figure id="attachment_213208" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1280px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-213208"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="2dee8b0d"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2021/11/2e2cd2e92794b64bc55c6ee4e28b316a.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-213208" class="wp-caption-text">Kei Komuro, who unexpectedly failed the New York State Bar Exam. He vows to take revenge next February, but&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
Kei Komuro is married to Mako, the eldest daughter of the Akishino family. His life in the U.S., which will be a new beginning for him, may have dark clouds hanging over it.
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Unfortunately, Mr. Komuro failed to pass the New York State bar exam. He was so good that he won the essay competition, but it seems that the bar exam was not a straightforward one.
He will be able to re-take the bar exam next February. With only four months to go, that day will come in a flash.
 &#8220;The law firm where Mr. Komuro worked, Lowenstein Sandler, hired him as a legal secretary after he graduated. But the next February will be his last chance. In a serious society, it is not surprising to think that there is no merit in keeping around a person who fails the bar exam twice.
 Moreover, the office seems to be baffled by the recent flood of inquiries from Japan and has finally blocked access to the office&#8217;s website from Japan&#8221; (local journalist).
If this happens, what will happen to Mako&#8217;s dream of living in America? There are reports that Mako has been offered a job at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, but if Komuro can&#8217;t become a lawyer, will he be left on his own?
 &#8220;If he doesn&#8217;t get the job, he won&#8217;t even be able to stay in the U.S. since his visa will expire next May. But Mr. Komuro has a pipeline. A leading figure in the Japanese people&#8217;s network who can take care of him in New York has been taking care of him so far. There is a possibility that Mr. Komuro will find his next job in any way he can.
However, even if he were to find a job without a lawyer&#8217;s license, he would not be able to live a satisfactory life in the high cost of living in New York.
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 &#8220;If Mr. Komuro and Ms. Mako were to appear as a couple in the international media, the fee would be extremely high. I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if some media outlets are already targeting them. Even though Mako was at the wedding press conference, she expressed her displeasure with the &#8220;untrue stories&#8221; and &#8220;slander. It is only natural that some media would want to hear her true feelings.
 I&#8217;m sure they would be offered a substantial amount of money just to talk about their struggles in Japan. Even if they don&#8217;t want to do it, if their cronies in the area instigate the two of them for the purpose of making money&#8230;there is a good chance that they will appear on the show.
(Female reporter) Just becoming a lawyer in a foreign country and earning 20 million yen a year is probably no mean feat, but if a former Japanese princess were to appear in the media, she would surely earn a considerable amount of money. In fact, it&#8217;s a world where big money flies, with Prince Henry and Princess Meghan, who left the British Royal Family, signing a 16 billion yen contract for a Netflix show. I wonder what kind of decision they will make when the second test turns out to be a &#8220;what if&#8221; &#8212; a decision that will not be easy to make.

 Shinji Hasuo

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