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Welcome and thank you Muffin! I agree with much of your post. For me, it is unclear whether the money has been paid in full or a repayment plan has been agreed to.
Mako spent about 6 hours with her family, leaving Akasaka Estate after 9pm on November 13 according to Jiji.
NHK: Kei has been working remotely while in Japan. Since Mako's ability to travel was uncertain, he was supposed to return to the USA earlier but postponed after her maternal grandfather's death.
Mako and Kei departed from Haneda Airport, passing the security checkpoint before 10am on November 14. They are expected to land at JFK airport. Some 60 reporters and neighbors observed the couple leaving their temporary condo around 8am and 100 reports gathered at the Haneda Airport. Neither the Akishino family nor Kei's mother Kayo went to the airport.
Photos: Asahi, Mainichi, Getty Images
In Photos: Former Princess Mako, Kei Komuro leave Japan to start new life in US - The Mainichi
I understand reservations about the Komuros and the marriage but I do feel for Kei (and his mother) as well. Finally returning to his home country after 3+ years and pandemic restrictions aside, he was unable to freely go anywhere or enjoy being in Yokohama/Tokyo. At least he was able to spend some quality time with his mother during quarantine.
Former princess Mako, husband head for US | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
Former princess Mako, husband leave Japan to start new life in U.S. - Kyodo News
ETA: Mako, now plain Mrs. Komuro, quits Japan for New York | The Asahi Shimbun
I've mentioned paying off monthly or similar. There were post and post2 (Asahi English link is gone though) from the engagement/marriage thread, that when the ex-fiance broke the engagement in 2012, Kayo offered to return about 10,000 Yen ($87 USD today) monthly but the man rejected the amount as too low and asked her reconsider. The ex-fiance and the Komuros had a few subsequent exchanges/encounters and then the matter appeared to be dropped.[...]
Someone suggested on this board that Komuro should offer to make a payment plan, to give the man a little bit of money each month until the debt is paid off. Maybe they suggested this but the offer was rejected. Or maybe they thought paying it off all at once is better to finally put this issue to bed.
You're welcome Eya. Yes, very much luck to the couple. On November 14 around 8:36am EST / 10:36pm JST, Mako and Kei landed at JFK Airport in New York and were escorted away by NYPD and others. The couple bowed/nodded a few times, not answering questions from awaiting press.Thanks Prisma!
I wish them good luck especially Mako to her new life in New York!
Kei Komuro, the husband of former Japanese princess Mako Komuro, has paid about 4 million yen ($35,000) to his mother's former fiance to settle a financial dispute that has overshadowed their marriage, the former fiance's representative said Thursday.
A total of 4,093,000 yen, the same amount the former fiance gave to the Komuro family to support them, was transferred Monday to a bank account designated by the former fiance, according to a magazine reporter representing him.
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On November 14 around 8:36am EST / 10:36pm JST, Mako and Kei landed at JFK Airport in New York and were escorted away by NYPD and others. The couple bowed/nodded a few times, not answering questions from awaiting press.
Because it was, obviously, paid by Mako´s money, and it would not help them to say that openly. There imo isn´t a way for Komuro to have such a sum at this point. (And if there were he would have given it to the ex-fiancé before the marriage, in spring of this year.)I wonder why Kei Komuro or his representative did not release a statement of their own with an explanation of where he secured the funds for the settlement with his former "stepfather".
While it's not illegal to take photos of Mako when she's out in public it seems a bit contradictory to wish for her to be left alone while simultaneously sharing paparazzi photos of her.Princess Mako has been photographed while shopping in New York City, and the couple has been filmed during a walk, hopefully the paparazzi won‘t follow her on a regular basis now..
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** dm article: EXCLUSIVE: Japan's Princess Mako is a fish out of water as she is seen in baggy jeans.. **
He took the New York state bar examination in July but failed. The result, which became known immediately after their marriage, was met with surprise in Japan, with a senior Imperial Household Agency official saying it was "unexpected."
He is expected to retake the exam in February. The official, who asked to be anonymous, expressed hope that Kei Komuro "concentrates on preparations for the exam, even if that means he has to take some time off from work," as whether or not he becomes a lawyer will greatly affect the couple's livelihood in New York.
Former princess Mako, husband head for US | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
The couple will be renting an apartment in New York that Komuro's friends helped arrange.
The DM will write about non UK royals if there's gossip or a story but doesn't generally bother to cover them extensively so I doubt it will be constant from them.
While the apartment is a one-bedroom, the building is a luxury residential tower that offers amenities including a fitness center equipped with Peloton bikes, a yoga studio, a screening room, an in-house spa, a golf simulator section, landscaped decks with barbecues and table tennis, a library curated by Strand Book Store, and a 24-hour attended lobby.
The location, right in the heart of the Hell's Kitchen section of Manhattan, is a stone's throw away from famous New York City landmarks including Central Park and Lincoln Center.
According to the building's website, one-bedroom apartments are available for rent for $4,809 per month. A two-bedroom apartment in the building would set the tenant back $7,085 per month.
I haven't really followed this story and it's implications, but if this is a princess who has relinquished her duties to live a 'relatively normal' life with someone who her family would not accept into the Japanese Royal Family - then surely we should wish her all the best, and be thankful that she's able to go out to 'bath, bed and beyond' to buy some essentials?
What does it mean that friends helped to arrange their apartment?
Mako Komuro is now reportedly assisting curators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
" Mako is serving as an unpaid volunteer at the Met. The 30-year old is working within the museum's Asian art collection and has specifically been involved in preparing an exhibition of paintings inspired by the life of a 13th-century monk who traveled throughout Japan as he introduced Buddhism."
Would it be possible for the Japanese Princess by birth to work for ordinary money, now that she has left her royal status?
I really hope, her Kei gets his license as a lawyer - then he can become an advisor of Japanese firms...
Would it be possible for the Japanese Princess by birth to work for ordinary money, now that she has left her royal status?
There's nothing in the Imperial Household Law that forbid her from having a paid-job...
Thank you very much for the info!
I was just wondering, because there was much talk, that a husband of an Imperial Princess must be able to provide for her livelihood and this at a certain level...
The name of the husband of Japanese former princess Mako Komuro did not appear on the pass list of the New York state bar examination released Thursday local time by its organizer.
Having previously failed the New York state bar exam last July, Kei Komuro took the test again in February this year.
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Oh dear. Now what?