Princess Aiko's Adult Press Conference to be Held Next January to Avoid Impact of Mako Scandal


Her Imperial Highness Princess Toshinomiya Aiko , the only daughter of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, will turn 20 years old on December 1. It has been decided that Aiko's press conference will be held at the beginning of January next year, contrary to customary practice, "Shukan Josei" reported.

 

Normally, the members of the Imperial Family hold their press conferences before their birthdays, but it is extremely unusual for it to be held a month after their birthdays. The reason behind this is believed to be that Mako Komuro's father, Prince Akishino, will celebrate his birthday on November 30, the day before Aiko's birthday.

 


There are circumstances that force them to consider what Prince Akishino said at the press conference he will hold on the occasion of his birthday, which will be announced publicly on November 30. This year, too, Akishino is expected to be asked questions by reporters about the Mako marriage scandal. Furthermore, the succession to the throne and the dwindling number of people who can perform official duties due to the decrease in the number of members of the Imperial Family are also likely to be discussed.

 

Aiko, like other female members of the Imperial Family in the past, will undoubtedly be asked about her views on marriage and her ideal man. It is sure that she will answer that question with the Mako case in mind. In addition, she will have to be very careful when answering questions about the current situation where the female emperor and female imperial family are being discussed. Thus, it’s fair to say that she will need a month to think about how to respond to these "difficult questions" based on the contents of Prince Akishino's press conference.

 

 

On the day of her birthday, December 1, Princess Aiko will be congratulated by the Director General of the Imperial Household Agency and his entourage at the Imperial Palace in the evening, and had a celebratory dinner with her family. On the 5th, she will visit the three halls of the Imperial Palace, where the ancestors of the Imperial Family are enshrined, and then receive the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown, the highest rank among female members of the Imperial Family, from His Majesty the Emperor. In the afternoon, she is scheduled to greet Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress and the Emperor and Empress Emeritus again, wearing a white dress and a tiara.

 

 

The word on the street is that the tiara that Aiko will be wearing at her coming-of-age event on the 5th will not be new.

 



The tiara will not be a new one, but will be borrowed from Kiyoko Kuroda, the Emperor's sister and Aiko's aunt. Their Majesties and Aiko discussed the decision, saying that it was inappropriate to make an expensive tiara when the new Corona was affecting economic activities and forcing people to live in hardship.

 



Mako Komuro, a member of the Akishino family, had her Tiara and  jewelry made by Wako, a jewelry manufacturer, for 28.56 million yen. Her younger sister, Princess Kako, was so particular about the design of her jewelry that she publicly advertised for a company to produce it. In the end, Mikimoto was chosen, and the production cost was 27.93 million yen.

 

Among other things, Mako's coming-of-age event was held six months after the Great East Japan Earthquake, which left more than 18,000 people dead or missing, and at a time when many of the victims were still in temporary housing, with no air conditioner and crazily hot in the summer and cold in the winter.

 

Since both of them used not Akishino family’s private money but public funds to make the jewelry, they will be kept by the IHA after their marriage. Mako's tiara was also returned to the treasury upon her marriage.

 

There are a total of eight tiaras in the treasury that were also returned to her, but instead of using them, Aiko "borrowed" one from Sayako Kuroda, her father's younger sister.

 

Sayako Kuroda's tiara has a special history. When Sayako came of age in 1990, a year after the death of the previous previous emperor, Emperor Showa, she was still in mourning, so the then Emperor and Empress (the current Emperor and Empress Emeritus) had their daughter's tiara made at their own expense. Since it was not paid for by the government, Sayako was to keep it as her personal property after her marriage.

 

It is speculated that Aiko's decision to borrow Kiyoko's tiara was partly to show the difference in her "rank" as the daughter of emperor, unlike Mako and Kako who are daughters of branch families.

 

On the other hand, there are some new items that will be purchased for this adult event. The white dress that Aiko will wear on the 5th is a "robe montant," which is a formal dress for daytime use, and this dress has been newly made.

 

Her Majesty Empress Masako with robe montant

According to Wikipedia, the robe montant is a long-sleeved women's dress with a high stand-up collar, used today by the female members of the Imperial Family for formal daytime events at the Imperial Palace and for visits to the mausoleum, Ise Shrine and Meiji Shrine. The robe décolleté, on the other hand, has a deep, wide neckline and is a formal evening dress.

 

In any case, the nation's most popular princess, Aiko, will be able to celebrate her birthday three times. Many people are looking forward to seeing Aiko, now an adult member of the Imperial Family, in her tiara and dress.
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