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Under Japan’s male-only royal succession law, Princess Mako forfeited her royal status when she married a commoner. She recently spent her last birthday as a member of the royal family ...

Emperor Naruhito’s niece Princess Mako is set to leave the Imperial Family – and Japan – as she marries the ponytailed lawyer who captured her heart. There will be no lavish ceremony for ...

Princess Mako bows out of Japan's royal family as she marries commoner - and APOLOGISES for 'trouble' their engagement caused Japan's royal family, the oldest continuous hereditary monarchy ...

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With Princess Mako marrying a commoner and giving up her royal title ... to carry out public duties of the imperial family. The fact further puts Japan’s imperial succession into jeopardy.

After a three-year wait and without a traditional imperial wedding ceremony, Princess ... student. Mako visited various parts of Japan while carrying out her duties as an imperial family member.

Related: Meet the Japanese Royal Family: All About the Imperial ... as has happened recently with Princess Ayako and Princess Mako. Currently, the youngest male member of the Imperial family ...

Japan's Princess Mako ... by heavy rains in western Japan. Princess Mako's planned engagement has reignited debate about the shrinking size of the imperial family. This is because princesses ...

Princess Aiko is a royal of near-unmatched popularity, not just in her home nation of Japan (where manga calling for her accession to the Chrysanthemum throne have been surreptitiously circulated ...

Together, the Prince and Princess represented the Emperor of Japan on various occasions at home and abroad, balancing their royal duties with family life. The couple had two children – Princess Akiko ...