US to Pay for Mako and Kei's Security in the US, Japan Reports
Mako Komuro and Kei Komuro arrived in New
York, U.S.A. on November 14 and started their new life.
At Kennedy International Airport, NYPD
officers provided security.
What will happen to their security in the
future? According to a Japanese police source quoted by "Bunshun
Online" on November 14,
“In the United States, the Japanese police
have no authority whatsoever. Carrying a handgun is a no-no.
If people knew that Mako was a former princess
of Japan, the world's third largest economy, there was a good chance that she would be targeted by robbers or kidnappers. In the U.S., where the new
coronavirus is spreading again, discrimination against Asians is said to be
continuing, and there is a risk of being attacked by thugs, so security should
be necessary.
However, the Japanese police cannot do
anything about it. In the end, the reality is that we have no choice but to
leave security to the New York Police Department and other U.S. police
authorities. I'm sure that the U.S. side has already
been informed through diplomatic channels.”
In the past, when the current Emperor of
Japan studied in London, a plainclothes police officer from the local police department slept in an adjoining room to guard him, and a career
police officer was sent from the National Police Agency to the Japanese embassy
there as first secretary to serve as his guard and advisor. Mako, however, is
no longer a member of the imperial family, so her position is different.
Since Komuro failed the bar exam, his annual income is said to be around 6 million yen, and he does not have the resources to hire a bodyguard on his own.
"I have heard rumors that the
Consulate-General of Japan in New York has already appointed a person to be in
charge of Mako. In the first place, one of the Consulate General's main jobs is
to protect Japanese residents, so even if they can't protect her, they can
still protect Japan's former princess." he said.
In other words, there may continue to be
some kind of lobbying from the Japanese Consulate General to the NYPD, or to
security companies, to provide security for the Komuros.
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