<figure id="attachment_204841" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1280px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-204841"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="c944a718"><img src="https://gsjebzejhjubm-res.cloudinary.com/image/private/s--cTWoGdzb--/t_article_image/v1631525997/%E5%B0%8F%E5%AE%A4%E5%9C%AD_%E6%AF%8D_18%E5%B9%B4_aj136u.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-204841" class="wp-caption-text">Mako will move to an apartment once the Akishino family rejects the Komuro family&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
On September 11, the day of her 55th birthday, Princess Noriko of the Akishino family referred to her eldest daughter, Mako, in a document.
In the midst of reports that she and Kei Komuro will marry within the year, Noriko said
 &#8220;As a parent, I have been holding a series of dialogues with my daughter so that I can accept her thoughts and ideas.
And then she added
 &#8220;We may disagree on some things, but we want to convey to each other what we think is necessary and respect the feelings of our eldest daughter as much as possible.
I want to respect her feelings as much as possible. A reporter in charge of the imperial family revealed.
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 &#8220;It was an exchange of questions sent in advance by the organizing company through the Imperial Household Agency, to which Noriko responded. What was striking was that the word &#8216;Kei Komuro&#8217; was never mentioned. He also refrained from commenting on his marriage to Princess Mako.
The extraordinary events continue. Mako has decided to forgo the Nousai Ceremony, which is the equivalent of a traditional ceremony for tying the knot, and to withdraw from the Imperial Family, declining to accept a lump-sum payment of more than 100 million yen or donating the entire amount. This is a first in the history of the Imperial Family.
Furthermore, after joining the Imperial Family in October, Mako plans to leave the palace residence in the Akasaka Imperial Palace in Moto-Akasaka, Tokyo, and temporarily stay in an apartment in Tokyo before leaving for the United States, where Komuro lives. Mako&#8217;s apartment residence came as a surprise to many on the Internet, who asked, &#8220;Where is the apartment? &#8220;Who&#8217;s paying the rent? &#8220;Where is the apartment?
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 &#8220;The reason why Mako is moving to an apartment is obvious, and I think it is a strong indication that she will not marry directly from the palace to Komuro. If she were to go directly from the palace to Ms. Komuro, it would appear as if &#8216;a person from the Imperial Family has married into the family.
 In order to avoid this, they will probably have her live in an apartment after she leaves the Imperial Family and marry into the Komuro family after she becomes an &#8220;ordinary person. In other words, it seems as if the Akishino family has no intention of having anything to do with the Komuro family after the marriage,&#8221; said an imperial family journalist.
Tsuneyasu Takeda, a former member of the royal family and a political commentator, held a special Nico Nico show earlier this month, in which he mentioned the marriage report.
 He said, &#8220;If they don&#8217;t hold the ceremony, it means they don&#8217;t recognize KK (Komuro) as a family member. His Imperial Highness Prince Akishino drew a line in the sand, saying he couldn&#8217;t risk throwing fireballs at the Emperor.
He speculated. Citing the example of Britain&#8217;s Prince Harry and Princess Meghan.
 &#8220;Queen Elizabeth cut Meghan off by banning her. Queen Elizabeth banned Meghan and cut her, thereby preventing the fire from spreading to the entire royal family. Her Imperial Highness Prince Akishino did the same. I don&#8217;t approve of it,&#8217; she said.
I&#8217;m not going to accept it.
While the couple themselves want to join the family in October, the Imperial Household Agency has also agreed to do so as soon as possible. On December 1, Aiko will turn 20 years old and will be expected to play an increasingly active role as an adult member of the Imperial Family.
 &#8220;Aiko will turn 20 on December 1 and will be expected to play an increasingly active role as an adult member of the Imperial Family. It&#8217;s a bad thing to say, but they want to put an end to the &#8216;Komuro problem&#8217; before then. Normally, it would take a year to prepare for a marriage of Mako&#8217;s caliber, but because of the irregularity of this marriage, the process is being handled at an unusually fast pace. It&#8217;s probably because they want to get it done by Aiko&#8217;s birthday, no matter what it takes.
According to some reports, there is a possibility that the date of the wedding will be changed to November due to the overcrowded schedule.
 &#8220;Some reports have suggested that the date of the wedding may be changed to November due to the tight schedule, but even so, some believe that the couple will be able to make it before Aiko&#8217;s birthday.
Perhaps they are trying to use December 1 as an opportunity to build a brighter future for the Imperial Family. On the other hand, it seems that the marriage of Mako and Mr. Komuro has quickly become a part of the &#8220;untouchable history&#8221; of the Imperial Family.

 Yasuko Funamoto

 Princess Mako, the eldest daughter of the Akishino family, is reported to be getting married within this year. She has refused to accept the lump-sum payment, which is said to exceed 100 million yen, and it is said that she will move into an apartment before moving to the United States. What is the thinking of the Imperial Household Agency behind this?

Behind Mako’s move from living in an apartment to marrying in the U.S.: the wall between her and the Komuro family

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