In Japan, women can’t ascend to the throne, nor can they retain their royal status if they marry a commoner.
In Japan, women can’t ascend to the throne, nor can they retain their royal status if they marry a commoner.
These archaic laws have been questioned before and are sure to be questioned again now that popular Japanese Princess Mako of Akishino has reportedly fallen in love with a commoner and plans to marry next year.
The news was reported by the Japan Times and later confirmed by the Imperial Household Agency in Japan.
Princess Mako, 25, is the elder daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko.
Her fiance is former university classmate Kei Komuro, also 25, a graduate student at Tokyo’s Hitotsubashi University who works at a law firm.
