Japan’s princess Mako gives up royal status to marry commoner
Japan’s princess Mako gave up her royal status to marry a commoner, according to public broadcaster NHK TV.
The 25-year-old princess will marry Keo Komuro, a former classmate at International Christian University in Tokyo.
Komuro is a legal assistant who worked as “Prince of the Sea” to promote tourism to the beaches of Shonan in Kanagawa prefecture, the report said.
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The Imperial Household Agency declined to confirm the report about the granddaughter of Japan’s emperor.
Women cannot succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne in Japan. Mako’s father and her younger brother are in line to succeed Emperor Akihito, but only after her uncle, Crown Prince Naruhito, who is first in line.
Once she marries, Mako will no longer be a princess and will become a commoner.
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