Secret Plan to Spend up to 7 million USD a Year on Security for Mr. and Mrs. Komuro Out of "Diplomatic Secret Funds?"
Last October, Mako, the eldest daughter of the Akishino family, married Kei Komuro and moved to New York, despite public criticism. The Daily Shincho dated March 9 reported that a top-secret plan to invest diplomatic secret funds to support Mr.and Mrs. Komuro's life in New York has emerged within the government. According to the article, the idea of outsourcing the security of the two to a private security firm in New York has been floated and is now being considered by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Police Agency. According to the proposal, the security costs would be funded by MOFA's reward fund, the so-called diplomatic secret fund. Incidentally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' reward fund is money used for diplomatic activities whose use must be kept secret. Shukan Shincho asked a security firm familiar with the security situation in the U.S. to provide an estimate of the monthly cost of the cheapest plan, which is about 39 mi