{"id":28004,"date":"2021-10-01T07:56:28","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T07:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/?p=28004"},"modified":"2021-10-01T07:56:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T07:56:28","slug":"princess-mako-japanese-royal-to-finally-marry-commoner-boyfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/2021\/10\/01\/princess-mako-japanese-royal-to-finally-marry-commoner-boyfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Mako: Japanese royal to finally marry commoner boyfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After years of controversy, Japan\u2019s Princess Mako will marry her former classmate, a commoner, this month – and giving up her royal status.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Imperial Household Agency said the date had been set for 26 October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The couple were initially set to wed in 2018, but this was put off, reportedly after accounts that Mr Komuro’s family had run into financial difficulties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They are expected to move to the US – where Mr Komuro works as a lawyer – after marriage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Their movements have been heavily covered in local media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This excessive media coverage around the princess – whose father is Crown Prince Fumihito – and Mr Komuro’s family over the years has caused the princess to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, the Imperial Household Agency said, according to news outlet Kyodo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Her aunt, Empress Masako, also suffered from a stress-related illness, having faced intense pressure to produce a male heir. There is often stigma around mental illnesses in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After years of controversy, Japan’s Princess Mako will marry her former classmate, a commoner, this month – and giving up her royal status. The Imperial Household Agency said the date had been set for 26 October. The couple were initially set to wed in 2018, but this was put off, reportedly after accounts that Mr Komuro’s family had run into financial difficulties. They are expected to move to the US – where Mr Komuro works as a lawyer – after marriage. Their movements have been heavily covered in local media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30,34],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28004"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28006,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28004\/revisions\/28006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}