Japan is getting excited about the pending wedding of Princess Mako, the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito. The forthcoming nuptials were formally an
Japan is getting excited about the pending wedding of Princess Mako, the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito.
The forthcoming nuptials were formally announced by Japan’s Imperial Household Agency on Sunday, reported NHK.
Princess Mako appeared with her long-time college friend, Kei Komuro, in a press conference on Sept. 3 to share these words with the Japanese people, “Today, I have received permission from the Emperor. I am very happy that we are getting engaged.”
With her marriage to Komuro, Princess Mako will be giving up her title in the Japanese Royal family to become a commoner.
Komuro also spoke, “Together we would like to make a home where we can always be ourselves and live in peace.”
The couple smiled at each other while they answered some questions from the press.
The two were classmates at the International Christian University of Tokyo. Mako first met Komuro when she sat behind him at a student event for a study-abroad program in 2012.
“First I was attracted by his bright smiles like the sun, ” Mako said, smiling shyly.
They started dating shortly afterwards and Mako learned that Komuro is “a sincere, strong-minded, hard worker, and he has a big heart, ” she told the press conference.
Komuro proposed to Princess Mako during a dinner in Dec.
