Japan’s ex-princess Mako and husband Kei Komuro to move to New York this weekend
- The couple, who got married in late October, are planning to leave Japan for the US on Sunday
- Komuro works as a law clerk at a legal firm in New York
The newlywed couple, both 30, are expected to depart from Haneda airport in Tokyo to start their new life in New York, where Kei Komuro works as a law clerk at a legal firm after graduating from Fordham University’s law school with a Juris Doctor degree in May.
The Komuros have already secured a place to live in the US city, according to the source.
It was originally planned that Komuro would travel to the US first due to work commitments and the former princess, who left the imperial family upon marrying a commoner, would join him later after obtaining a passport.
But the husband’s stay in Japan was prolonged after Mako’s grandfather and Crown Princess Kiko’s father, Tatsuhiko Kawashima, a professor emeritus at Gakushuin University, died last week and the couple attended his funeral on Saturday.