Japanese princess refuses title for her marriage to her fellow student
'18.05.2017'
Source: CNN
Japanese princess Mako is ready give up your royal status in the name of love. Her future bridegroom, too, to some extent, the prince.
At the imperial court they say that the heart of 25-year-old princess, granddaughter of emperor Akihito was stolen by a young graduate student, beginning lawyer Kei Camuro. One day, the guy appeared in an advertising campaign of the travel company "Prince of the Sea", now it is sometimes called that. We met young people 5 years ago. According to the centuries-old imperial law of Japan, by entering into marriage with a commoner, the princess must leave the imperial family. The last was Aunt Princess Mako, Sayako - the only daughter of Emperor Akito, when she gave her hand and heart to the town planner Yoshiki Kuroda in 2005 year.
There was concern about the reduction of the imperial family, in which today 19 members, of which - 14 women. Imperial law, of course, permits the transfer of the throne to male heirs, of which there are only three: crown prince Naruhito, his younger brother, crown prince Akishino, and son Akishino, prince Hisahito. Princess Mako is not the only girl in the family for marriage, there are 6 unmarried princesses who can marry commoners and also lose their status. This threatens the imperial family with the fact that the family will become too small and they will not be able to fulfill their public duties.
More recently, the Japanese media began to pay much attention to the young man who became a prince for Princess Mako. Journalists were waiting for him near the law office, where Kay Komuro works as a lawyer’s assistant, but he replied very discreetly, “We will talk about this when the time comes.”
Local media also report that Japanese residents are inundating Komuro's website with questions and want to know more about it. In general, the public reaction is still positive, but many are wondering what this marriage will mean for the future of the monarchy? “I personally believe that a woman should be allowed to remain in the royal family,” says Meiko Hirayama, a 44-year-old employee of an accounting firm. "I assume that the male line of succession will be preserved through the crown prince and his brother, and I think it shouldn't be a problem that one day a woman can take over the emperor's chair." But 71-year-old Katsuiji Tsunoda insisted that only a man be the heir to the throne. “This is a tradition that has been going on for over a thousand years. If this becomes a global trend, anyone can become an emperor, he told CNN. "We must respect traditions."
