Emperor Naruhito's Words on the Issue of Mako's Marriage

 


What Did Emperor Say?

 

For a long time, His Majesty the Emperor has not said anything about the issue of his niece Princess Mako's marriage. In a sense, this is only natural, as it is a matter for the Akishino family, a different family, and not something that the Emperor should bother to talk about. As His Majesty knows the weight of his own words better than anyone else, he must have had to be cautious even though he had many thoughts on the matter.

 

It was at his birthday press conference in February of this year that the Emperor broke his silence. It was reported early on that the media would be asking questions about the issue of Mako's marriage at this time. However, since the Imperial Household Agency would be in charge of the press conference, it was expected that the Agency would restrain them from doing so. Nevertheless, the Emperor, perhaps of his own volition, dared to answer the question.

 

What was that statement?

The full text is here: https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/page/kaiken/show/43

 

many people be satisfied and happy”

In response to the reporters' third scheduled question, His Majesty the Emperor replied:

I am aware that there are various opinions among the people regarding the marriage of Her Imperial Highness Princess Mako. I hope that Mako will discuss this matter with her parents and, as Crown Prince Akishino has said, come to a situation where many people will be satisfied and happy.

 

In addition, the media went even further during the free question period.

When a reporter asked, "What do you think it would take to get to a situation where many people would be satisfied and happy? His Majesty answered:

“I'd like to refrain from answering any further questions on this matter beyond what I just said.”

He avoided mentioning specifics.

 

Severe Hurdles and Current Situation

 

How do we interpret these words of the prudent Emperor of Japan?

Many media outlets were reporting that this was a very harsh term.

“Come to a situation where many people will be satisfied and happy.”

This is a very high hurdle to overcome when there is a deep-rooted distrust of this marriage among the people. His Majesty, knowing this, dared to impose a high hurdle. However, the fact that he added "as Akishino said," suggests that he wanted to respect the independence of Mako's father and his younger brother, Akishino, in solving the problem.

 

He also said: "I hope that Mako will discuss this matter with her parents.” It has been pointed out by many that the Emperor was concerned about the fact that the Akishino family is currently not having any discussions at all, and that even though they are living under the same roof, they are not having any conversations with each other.

 

And that he refrained from answering about what exactly they should do. This could be interpreted as simply throwing the ball to the Akishino family to solve the problem, but there are also those who believe that he was suggesting that there was an option to break off this engagement. Since there is freedom of marriage in the Constitution, the Emperor could not have said out loud that he would prefer to break it off.

 

On the Internet, not a few people are saying, "The only conclusion that will satisfy and please most of the people is a breakup!” But this may be overstating it.


However, as I have already mentioned in another article, the current situation is that Mako's intention to marry Komuro is so adamant that many of the Imperial Household Agency and the Akishino family want to have her married and out of the imperial family by the next Akishino birthday (November 30) or Aiko's birthday (December 1), if possible.


The situation may be progressing without clearing the hurdle imposed by His Majesty the Emperor, which is that many people will understand and be pleased with the situation.

 

Summary of Mako&Komuro problem is here

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