Ms Mako skipped the usual rites associated with a royal wedding, and turned down a traditional payment of about $1.3m (£940,000) given to a female member of the imperial family upon their ...

After they get married on Oct. 26, Mako and Komuro will hold a joint news conference as Mr. and Mrs. Komuro. A female member of the imperial family must give up her imperial family status upon ...

Princess Mako will reportedly forego a traditional ... If she skips both the payment and the rites it will make her the first female member of the royal family to do so. Under Japanese law ...