Tokyo, 16 October, /AJMEDIA/
Japan’s Princess Mako is to be reunited with her boyfriend Komuro Kei for the first time in about three years on Monday, ahead of their marriage this month.
The Imperial Household Agency says Komuro will visit the princess and her parents, Crown Prince and Princess Akishino, on Monday morning.
Komuro recently returned from the US state of New York, where he lived since 2018 to study law and take a bar exam.
The agency has already announced that the couple will register their marriage on October 26. The princess will lose her Imperial status and become a commoner.
The agency says she will visit the sanctuaries in the Imperial Palace on Tuesday to report her marriage to her ancestors. Three days later, she is to visit Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako. She is also scheduled to meet her grandparents, Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko, who are to bid her farewell.
Princess Mako and Komuro are to hold a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on October 26 after they register their marriage. About 50 reporters, including those from foreign media outlets, are expected to attend.
The agency says a location related to the Imperial Family won’t be used for the news conference because it will be held after the princess becomes a commoner.
The cost of the conference is said to be covered using the couple’s private money.
