If shorn of titles and public standing, the marriage between two thirty-year-olds, Mako and Kei Komuro, would have the fairy tale culmination of a long period of courtship and romance. But in Japan where even if the monarchy is constitutionally “symbolic”, Princess Mako’s wedding to the “commoner” Komuro was not just any love story. Symbolising this patriarchal setting is the …
Japan's Princess Mako is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder due to negative coverage of her marriage to commoner Kei Komuro, royal aides have revealed. Japan's Princess Mako is suffering from PTSD over 'abusive commentary' in the media over her marriage to commoner Kei Komuro, aides have said Mako's condition was revealed as aides announced she will wed Komuro on October …