Today, that story comes courtesy of Princess ... be a member of the Japanese imperial family. In Japan, female royals are forced to give up their title if they marry a ‘commoner’: male royals ...

Japan is facing its own “Megxit” drama as the country’s Princess Mako today officially renounced her royal title by marrying her long-term “commoner” boyfriend. Princess Mako ...

In addition, Ayako's older sister, Princess Noriko, married a commoner (a Shinto priest) in 2014. The Japanese royal family is now down to 17 members — compared to 67 in 1945. Despite the ...

Princess Mako has lost her royal status after getting married with Komuro, a commoner. Public criticism ... United States at the end of the year. As Japanese imperial family members don’t ...

Princess Aiko of Japan ... who left the imperial family upon marriage to a commoner in 2005. This is in contrast with her cousins, Mako Komuro and Princess Kako of Akishino, who, when they came of age ...

Born Nobuko Asō in Tokyo in 1955, the Princess is the third daughter and youngest child of Takakichi Asō, and the sister of former prime minister, Tarō Asō. Descended from Japanese nobility in her own ...

Princess Mako, married commoner Kei Komuro in 2021 and was forced to renounce her title - the couple now live in New York Read more: Princess Mako bows out of Japan's royal family as she marries ...

Princess Mako, the first-born daughter of Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko, married Kei Komuro and ... Under the Japanese Constitution, which defines the emperor as the symbol of ...