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Princess Mako’s fiancé Kei Komuro arrives in Japan from US for marriage
- Komuro is expected to meet the princess and hold a press conference together after about two weeks of Covid-19 quarantine
- The couple plans to register their marriage in October and start a new life in the US, where Komuro is expected to start working at a law firm, sources say
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Kei Komuro, the boyfriend of Princess Mako, returned to Japan on Monday for the first time in about three years from the United States to prepare for their marriage amid a controversy over a financial dispute involving his mother.
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Komuro, 29, is expected to hold a press conference together with the niece of Emperor Naruhito after roughly two weeks of coronavirus quarantine and the two plan to register their marriage in October before starting a new life in the US, where Komuro is working at a law firm, sources familiar with the matter have said.
Wearing a casual suit and his long hair tied back in a ponytail, Komuro arrived at Narita airport near Tokyo at around 3.30pm flanked by security guards amid huge media attention.
Bowing to around 170 waiting members of the press, he proceeded through the airport in silence, subsequently leaving around 5pm in a black van trailed by numerous security vehicles.
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He arrived at his mother’s home in Yokohama roughly two hours later to a throng of reporters gathered outside her condominium, where he is expected to quarantine for two weeks.
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