Has The Media Hounded Ex-Princess Mako Into Hiding?
The media is aghast that the Komuros, Kei and Mako, have gone “missing.” But the press has no one to blame but itself.
By Jay Allen
Reporters in Japan, the US, and the UK are distraught. According to them, Japanese lawyer Komuro Kei and his wife, Mako — a member of Japan’s imperial family — have “gone missing.” Looking back on how the press has treated the couple, who can blame them?
The hounding
Komuro Mako — a.k.a. former Royal Princess Akishinonomiya Mako — met Komuro Kei at college. At some point, the two developed a relationship and began dating. In 2018, they made waves in Japan when they held a press conference announcing their intention to get married.
The marriage immediately became a big to-do. First, because it meant that, thanks to current laws, Mako would have to leave the imperial family in order to marry someone outside of the royal bloodline. But second, a prying media discovered that an ex-fiancee of Kei’s mother claimed the family owed him tens of thousands of dollars. The man claimed…
