Japanese React To Princess Mako Marrying A Commoner | Street Interview
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Recently, Princess Mako, the eldest daughter of the current Crown Prince of Japan, got married to her college sweetheart, Kei Komuro. If you’re wondering what the big deal is, Princess Mako had to give up her royal status to marry her commoner boyfriend according to the Imperial Household Law. So how do ordinary Japanese citizens feel about the news? Is this as big of a deal in Japan as it seems to be in the West? Our Asian Boss reporter hit the streets of Tokyo to find out.
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Mako when losing the argument with her husband: "I gave up my royalty for you."
Heartbreaking to hear if ever
@@maryannlim2295 She couldn't become empress regardless of royal status. Only males can inherit throne!
@@ScienceDiscoverer still the lifestyle is lavish even if you are just a member of royal family she will surely face difficulty while adjusting outside for a while
Royalty is a luxurious golden cage where Mako was confined before her marriage.
Good for a Netflix TV series.
Let's take a moment to appreciate the guy in the golden costume. I ended up being more curious as to why he's wearing it versus hearing his thoughts on the marriage.
That guy looks sick
@@brandon0075 Like, physically sick? Or the colloquial usage like sick/tight/awesome.
ochinchin and pink guy's long-lost chromosome, gold guy? o-kin-chin?
boss pls i habe cancer
@@sage4365 something LIKE youtube? Bro that CLEARLY says what else could it be??
LMAO
The white haired guy planning to marry Princess Kako... He's brave HAHAHA
I wouldn't let a friend marry him, much less a royal daughter, lol.
@@stillfangirlingtoday1468 why? He looks unique, he answered those questions with confidence, and I think he is a wise man... but it's just my opinion HAHAHA... and yeah, marrying a royal daughter is quite impossible for him but he's brave by thinking that way.
@@stillfangirlingtoday1468 idk how you judged someone based on 2 sentences but okay...
I think he said it as a joke
On god...how do you people not realize it was a satirical joke?
Asian boss : what do u feel about princess Mako marrying to commoner ?
The guy at 1:22 : now i am hoping to marry princess Kako ( Mako 's sister ) 😂
Lolllllll
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Got his priorities straight
*Princess* *kako* : Hohh You're Challenging me?
Why not? :)
@@ailiz7 obviously a joke, i don't know if you can catch sarcasm
Everyone gansta till the white hair guy actually marries princess Kako 😂
🤣 Even if some foreigners think that Japanese people are fine with colored hair, reality is different. Every Japanese citizen will be 😳🤨😳🤨 when their relationship is announced. 🤣😂 I would look forward for this news in the future though!
@@coldfish2000
I'm an American who lives in Asia and I can confirm that almost half the people have fake hair here, fake eyes, fake everything. They love pretending to look like foreigners
@@cooliipie As a South Asian person,I think this comment is kind off ignorant of you. It's not that we want to look like foreigner (some might but that's not the main reason),we don't live our daily lives obsession over the West,it's just when everyone has the same hair and eye colour,you tend to loose your individuality and it's harder to express your uniqueness so we do that to express those. I colour my hair bright red because I find it pretty and feel that it looks good on me. I want to express myself and try different things. Blending in the masses is a bit boring. It's just that in the West only women colour their hair and wear coloured contacts while in East Asia,it's a thing regardless of gender.
@@cheezarose
If foreigners didn't exist then Asians would not change their hair or eye color unless it's cosplay. Same goes for the double eyelid surgery as it was seen as most beautiful until Western colonization. So to say there is not foreign influence is historically incorrect. It has always been the whitest skin with the darkest hair and the slantest eyes as the pinnacle of beauty in the east.
@Kaichou exactly, if you go back & look people still did other things to distinguish themselves in different ways
10:08 Uh, do these people not realize Empress Emerita Michiko, the current Empress Masako, and Princess Kiko (Mako's mother) were all commoners who married into the royal family? And that there are 7 other living royal women who married out of the family? Princess Ayako only got married 3 years ago. Clearly people have the memory of goldfish. Princess Mako's case wasn't special at all until the public decided to hate on Komuro for his mother's actions and his hair. What a load of crap.
Edit to clarify since this comment is blowing up:
According to the Imperial Household Law of 1947 male royals can marry commoner women into the royal family, but female royals must give up their royal status if they marry a commoner. In addition, the Japanese aristocracy other than those directly related to Emperor Showa (Hirohito) lost their royal status after World War II, so there are no other royals to marry in Japan. In other words, royal women have no choice but to lose their royal status and marry a commoner or remain single. Or perhaps marry a non-Japanese royal but that is pretty unlikely.
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO GETS IT like this really isnt any special news it just became big because of the grooms mom
When a female commoner married a prince they are brought into royal family but when a male commoner married a princess they have to leave royal family?
@@greentea8852 Yes, according to the Imperial Household Law.
@@endingxtheme ic, thx for your reply
@@greentea8852 No problem. This was not originally the case, and the royal family was far more extensive long ago, but things changed after World War II. There were branch royal families that lost their royal status because of that law, too.
This whole thing just feels like it came right out of a romance manga.
But truthfully, good for them. I’m just here to see how it goes in a few years.
bro what? real life is based on romance manga !!1?!??!
Anime pfp moment.
@@VeryHungryEggshelleater "Wolf-edge-76" moment
@@hochigaming14yearsago90 manga fan discovers real life
whats funny is Komuro Kei is viewed incredibly negatively in Japan, but positively in the West. I think the couple is making the right move by pulling a Harry and Megan and moving to the USA after marriage
>>Since 2017, when the engagement was first publicly announced, the couple faced disapproval from the Japanese public because they deemed Kei unfit for their princess due to his low social status.
This is not the case.
When the engagement was announced in 2017, the media and the public didn't criticize him, in fact they looked upon him favorably.
It was only after his mother's money problems were reported by a weekly magazine that he started to be criticized.
After that, various problems were reported and the criticism against him grew louder.
It is normal for people in the imperial family to marry common people, and this is not seen as a problem.
Added on November 16, 2021
The Japanese word "民間人(Minkanjin)" which is translated as "Commoner" by foreign media, means "private citizen.
The word "Minkanjin" does not have a negative meaning.
Exactly. I feel like AsianBoss isn't even familiar enough with the topic in order to do a proper street interview about it.
Like all mass media. Take the bits that are appealing to the masses. Not the truth.
Low status, commoner... Japanese people never had an issue with this. Foreign media seems to finds that impossible and so they weave a tale that people would enjoy.
Still, it's weird to disapprove of someone's else marriage because of their family or whatever...especially if it's someone who is just like some faraway celebrity. Taxpayers money? My tax money are sustaining LDP scum and that's pisses me off way more.
thanks for the clarification
What was the mother debts about? Was it gamble? Or credit cards not being paid in time? Pls clarify.
If Princess Mako wants to get married to a commoner that's her choice I see nothing wrong with this.
There are many HERE in Japan especially my friends old relatives are not happy and calling it disrespectful her being a royalty.
Not everyone is like the great old man in ViDEO.
Which is not right あなたが愛する人と結婚する あなたが強制されているものではありません
Ask them who she is supposed to marry because from what I hear there aren’t any alternatives
The problem is the commoner she chose to marry has problematic family and history
well if Greendro Tha Bro said it then
@@killakame-3434 What's not to be happy? I mean the princes married a commoner too. Don't they feel disrespected because the princes mixed up the royal bloodline?
The stupidity.
I think she will be able to "taste" real life, she has the right to do it. She is from royalty but she is a human being with feelings and dreams too. I hope that both of them have a great life. A lot of traditions are falling apart and it is good. Everything in life has a moment, everything changes...
Monarchy should be abolished. It is 21st century not middle age.
What Japanese people are afraid of is that Japanese taxpayers' money is going to be spent on her to keep her living standard. Kei Komuro is obviously not for a lawyer. He fails to reasonably refute the allegation he and his mother face, and on the contrary distrust of him is spreading among people . A lot of people doubt he is able to succeed. In Newyork, everything is expensive, but their income isn't enough for living a wealthy life she lived for 30 years. Can she endure it ? Isn't it likely that she plays on her royal family's heartstrings for money? If it happens the government has no choice but to give her money. There is no justice.
I think it does depend on what tradition are being abolished and what is the alternative. But I do agree we don't need monarchy anymore
no she won´t, she doesn´t magically become a person with no or poor background. Her family will give her symbolic privilege as well as social capital, all of this is just hipocrisy
@@user-tx2cn1nt4j How come the Japanese are not afraid that Japanese taxpayers' money is going to be spent on the royal family to keep their living standard? I mean they are pretty much useless too.
Mako commoner: Nobody will ever love me
Azula: *There you are filthy peasant*
Any Avatar Last Airbender reference gets a like from me 👍🏼
I was Azula for Halloween lol 😆 🔥 ⚡️
@@liltree8382 Saw what I did there😂
Japan's about to not have any royals left if they don't change their laws
@rezargamer That’s not at all how that post reads. Also, I imagine the poster is also referring to Japan’s succession laws, which could lead to a succession crisis due to lack of suitable male heirs coupled with the laws relating to female members of the royal family marrying commoners.
@rezargamer It “reads” as the plain language dictates. There is nothing in that sentence that indicates the poster is “thinking of forbidding them to marry commoners at all.”
@rezargamer Which was wrong the first time and is still wrong. Your comment contradicted itself AND the original post. Either you didn’t understand the original comment or you weren’t able to properly convey your thoughts into a coherent thought. It doesn’t make sense.
@@fong03 we all understand that @rezargamer may not be good reading English, because English is not my first language and I get the same from the text that you mentioned fong03 :) i never understood anyone forbiding anything
@@5679791 Good point. :) Have a lovely day. ✌🏾
As a Japanese, I feel this problem very complicated.
Before some problems about Kei Komuro were discovered, many Japanese people blessed and welcomed their marriage.
But then, his mother's financial problems and the process by which they made all the decisions forcibly for marriage were the reasons for the harder criticism.
And now they have been criticized for spending large amounts of tax privately.
And it was also because Princess Mako criticized the citizens at the briefing session for the citizens.
Of course it is not hair issue 😂 It is believed that his personality cannot protect Princess Mako.
On the other hand, many people support and worry about her.
The media broadcasts radically. Things are much worse than they were a few years ago....
*And Mako didn't give up Royal, basically She wanted to leave the imperial family.
because being princess is tired.
Actually there is a saying in my race. Better marry someone who loves you then someone you love.
Now can only hope he behave himself and remain faithful to her in the land of affairs.
That's ok if princess Mako is happy to live with Kei. She has a different point of view about love. She probably better spent money on someone she loves than receive money from someone she doesn't love or pretending to love. Princess Mako is pure and original decision not a fake one. That's my thought.
I think the problem is the groom, not the bride. As a man, I will protect my wife if I'm married. But men who don't or can't protect his wife is a loser. My dad was a wife-beater, sometimes I'm confused why my mom doesn't want a divorce.,
@@owj182 I disagree, both people need to love each other.. Imagine loving someone who does not love you? What kind of marriage is that?
@@lenitaa7938 yea that's right. Should be two in love. That's unfair if you love someone but another opponent not loves you. Money can buy love absolutely exsists. Arabian prince gives a salary to a woman from Ukraine to be his second lover. The salary is fantastic high and that's real example money can buy love.
The old lady getting interviewed in the dark showed the most empathy towards Mako as a human being and as a woman. This is something Mako truly wanted. She is right. But I also understand why people would be wary of Kei K. I would want my friend to marry someone I know would be able to provide for and protect her (even if she is fully capable of it herself.) specially someone that might have money problems. Him failing the bar exam kinda signalled like flashing lights to the world that he's not ready for marriage, but as a woman who has loved, I know her feelings don't care about that. I'm glad she married and I wish her all the best.
If you understand Japanese history, you will know how they revere the Emperor and feel very protective about him. As one of the persons said they are such nice , kind and down to Earth royals ever lived. And it's no wonder they feel so protective of the princess. One person worrying about her living in the apartment from now shows how important she is to them.
As a native Japanese, I would say it's quite an old fashioned way to revere the Emperor and feel very protective about him. Emperor system is gradually becoming a past heritage that had played the great roll in the history. People respect it and not challenge it but aren't very much interested in it anymore.
@Baka Sussy lmao what
I don't know about that, have you heard about the queen of Denmark? She smokes, watches football, designs clothes, paints, and was the pen pal of Tolkien under a pseudonym, and illustrated the first ever illustrated version of lord of the rings.
Not saying Japanese royalty is worse or Danish royalty is better, but "down to earth" definently goes to the queen sat at a football stadion eating a hotdog, like a normal person.
@@omega1231 ever heard of "cultural difference"??
@@omega1231 Better than most pretentious royals who waste more on tax money. Kinda wish all royals today are chill to that degree. That makes them more relatable
Imagine thinking one has the right to choose who a stranger wants to date.
Especially in your family ? ... actually this is not uncommon in Asia
Princess mako is a stranger ?
Japanese people's taxes pay for the royal family, so they have a right to be concerned to an extent. If she really turned down all the royal money then that's one thing but apparently they're in very high class hotels, she has drivers and staff buying groceries for her etc so not really clear whether or not the tax money is still funding any of this
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Literally everyone who simping someone does that... It's harmless as long as no violence involves. Imagine making stranger to feel guilty about your opinion.
Honestly, I think it's good that Princess Mako chose to marry someone she loved and not someone that was arranged just to keep up with orthodox practices & beliefs. Of course many people (especially older people) would be shocked that Princess Mako broke traditions. I think she Princess Mako made the right choice, and it's impressive she did so knowing that they would lose her royal status.
Traditions & cultures are fine. But I think many of these beliefs & practices are antiquated and overly restrictive; especially for modern society.
Her father married a commoner too. She is following in her father’s footsteps
Kind of left out of this story is that because so much of the Japanese aristocracy was wiped out in WW2, there are pretty much no possible non-commoner matches for the princesses. The peerage except the core royal family were abolished, so she pretty much is only allowed to marry a cousin if she wanted to stay a princess and there are none for her to marry.
edit: Note this was done intentionally by the American occupational force to prevent the imperial family being used to re-establish fascist/nationalist control in Japan. The imperial family is extremely privileged but lives under very strict conditions constitutionally.
@@matreen427 The only noble left in Japan are those of former emperor and his children and grandchildren, so they have no choice actually.
That she made the right choice is very debatable. I hope he is more like a shoujo manga character than the regular japanese, otherwise she will be cheated on multiple times and face loneliness in at least 3 years. I seriously wouldn't trade the certain financial support and comfort of royal status for a marriage that may fail. Of course, we all hope that there is such a thing as true love and she will be forever happy with her own decision, because it was certainly a very bold and difficult one.
@@stillfangirlingtoday1468 stop projecting on them. lol.
There is no aristocratic choice for her, since only the imperial family is the only non-commoners in japan.
Ex-princess ayako married 3 years ago too.
And, they both married extremely rich guys, so they're not exactly your "commoner" 😂
3 years ago***
There are people from families that used to be prestigious before that got their official titles stripped during the war.
I find Princess Mako and K.Kei fascinating because they are loved in the West and hated in Japan. Really symbolic of the difference in cultural values
@@loulou3676 from the moment their title was stripped off, they don't count as aristocrats anymore.
Actually, many young Japanese people really like them.
It's the older generation that don't, apparently over the groom's family money scandal
@@GrandDuchessT Young Japanese ppl laughed a lot at this couple.
@@pythonian-xp3vi weird. Those whom I've asked and I'm acquainted with, really liked them. Most were from Fukuoka though, maybe Tokyo people are colder.
Imagine telling the guy's future kids that their mother was a princess
How I Met Your Mother
Princess Diaries, Japan editon
Wait, Disney, buy this guys idea!
People should lay off of Princess Mako. It's her choice.
The problem is that Japanese taxpayers` money is continuing to be spent on her secretly.....
@@user-tx2cn1nt4j She renounced her royalty.
Now her sister will be bothered 🙄
@lforc that's the idea, but obviously over time he could repay that too. It's not really the reason she left Japan
2:54 🤣 that's pretty true for me, the dude got some guts hitting on Royal
I was checking who'd mention this, otherwise I'd comment.
That means?
He got the chick 🐥 with a bottle 🍼 must be his American training of seduction
@@killakame-3434 yea they did say he had long hair and all long hair probably means something i wish if he hurt her in anyway i wish for the royal to sent Shinobi to puah him
Yeah, his parents must've told him he can be and do anything when he was growing up. 😆
japanese is such a relaxing language to listen to.
I know right. Theres something about it that hearing the language make me relax
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@Baka Sussy i have heard indians speak. no hate but the harsh, strange (?) accent isn't for me.
@Baka Sussy Man no need to be so rude. As an Indian I can see why certain people might think it sounds harsh, its not the language itself, its the tone I suppose. Like for eg when some northern people speak urdu, its sounds very calm and beautiful, but an everyday delhi-ite may sound louder and harsher. The language itself is very beautiful no doubt. I have a similar view about korean, it just doesn't sound good to me, very strange and most words seem weird to me when pronounced. Doesn't mean the language is bad, just the tone I hear in k-pop ain't doin it for me
@Baka Sussy but mostly indians hate kiu krte hain isse
Urdu is beautiful but jo hindi villages ,sounds bhot buuri hain
It will be more shocking if Mako had married a Japanese royal, as the only male Japanese royal who is unmarried is her brother...
At least they're not like the British royalty where they married their cousins
@@quattrobajeena8623 It is common for Japanese people back then and still is to marry their cousins as it is legal. So...?
I think this is the modern fairy tale. A princess, who lived her entire life oppressed by her misogynistic family, marries the man she loves and flees to live life on her terms. It's really inspiring. I hope the two of them are very happy together.
Princess Mako wasn't going to be Empress, anyway, so what's the big deal?
The old man in the video has said 'royal families are one that everyone should strive to be'. I think that is a big one, even entertainers in my country(Korea) was under lot of pressure when they were accused of debt of their parents. They might not have responsibility in the law, but they have to choose either doing the 'right' thing(returning money on behalf of the debt, the logic behind this was they got benefit since some of that money were used to their education) or being cancelled. Even entertainers have pressure like this... I can't imagine how much pressure there would be if we had actual royal family.
theres no big deal in the first place in japan. I dont know western media trying to make tho..
Just an assumption but kinda like the British Monarchy, each member of the royal family is entitled to certain amount of assets and financial holdings. So maybe she had to give up some of those assets.
Is it a bigger deal because she is the woman marrying out instead of a girl marrying in? Just like with the British royal family, Kate Middleton is a commoner marrying a prince so is marrying into the royal family. Maybe they are making it a big deal because she is female instead of male.
@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj Actually, if she was a male, that would mean she would be the royal successor, so the pressure would be even bigger - so that this kind of escape might not be allowed in firsthand.
Edit : Changed 'Wouldn't to 'Might not', since I'm only assuming.
Marriage for love is not a bad thing, this is coming from someone who has just celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary and I still love him as much as I did when I said “ I do “ in 1981 🥰
I like how everyone just wears a mask because they respect their fellow man, unlike here in a America where there is such a great divide over wearing them.
I too respect japanese for that. Yet there are many snowflake brains want to force their thinking on them. Open gates. Remove royalthy, etc. Ready rude.
Are you kidding me? The very first one interviewed 0:46 didn't wear one at all. And the old guy at 2:31 barely had his mouth covered. There are people all over the world refusing to wear masks, even protested about it. It's not an issue unique to the US. You are just hating on Americans.
@@syc9959 I don't see people from other countries being a rachet and doing protests against wearing a piece of cloth that will literally reduce their chances from being infected from a deadly virus, don't tell other people that they're making jokes on americans tell your people to stop acting like idiots so others won't joke about them
@@tzuwee-d6244
Yeah, there were also alot of protests in Europe and Australia against the mandates(masks, lockdowns and vaccines)
Nobody is against wearing masks, if you want to wear one you are free to do so, the protesters are against "mandating" aka forcing a figurative gun into your head to make you wear one while not having a super clear policy and since scrutinizing government policies is a proud American tradition, its been prevelent in the US and widely reported.
And there concerns aren't far off considering how Australia turned into a totalitarian hellhole due to its COVID policy
Actually… they just happened to interview the ones who are wearing. Many Japanese are not wearing masks because it is not in the law and they have the right to actually not follow it. HOWEVER the citizens were blaming the foreigners for spreading the virus while their country is sort of, locked.
I'm not a hater here, this is from a foreigner who is stuck in Japan and couldn't return to my own country.
People think that a guy flunking the bar or having long hair makes him dumb and a player? Lol, Japanese standards are hilarious.
it is quite common in Asian countries..guys with long hair often being misjudged
@@hadiyazid Which is a thing put into their brains my the west. Men or women´s hair in asia used to be a BIG thing and you were not allowed to cut it.
in Asia, man being stylish with long hair or any reasons is very much be judged as player or bad guy sometimes. I guess its because media's trope and tradition.
also in China.. probably also in Korea if you fail an exam, any exam, people around you would think you are stupid. Not because you are really stupid, but due to comparison with your classmates / pals..
Hi! I really liked the perspective of the old man with a hat. This guy seems to have a lot of stories and experiences to share.
I agree
some of the reason for him to be portrayed negatively is so stupid like how long his hair is
And he didn't choose his mother, no matter what she did
@@Kick0a0cat yeah also what she did doesn't define his characteristic
@@Kick0a0cat he might not be a scammer like her mom
But the fact that he use the scammed money is a different matter
小室圭に関するスキャンダルを話す人がいないのが気になるなぁ
一般人と結婚するのが嫌なのではなく、小室家に多くの問題があるから結婚してほしくないんだよ
そもそも小室家の問題が噴出するまでは結婚歓迎ムードだった
I want everyone to think about it. What do you think if you say that the man is currently unemployed and the mother of the fiancée's man is arguing about debt, but then the man and the princess of your country get married?
I feel very sad that the Japanese people who oppose this marriage are misunderstood.
Due to the following facts that English news does not report, we Japanese learned of Kei's repeated lies.
Because of that, we objected him to become a relative of our Imperial Family (the symbol of Japan; existing by the trust, respect, and taxes from people):
When this money problem between Kei's mother and her ex-fiance was discovered (2017), Kei was asked by Akishino (Mako's father), which he replied "I didn't know about this at all."
However, Kei himself joined the meeting about this money problem with his mother and her ex-fiance, then recorded the conversation (2012).
Kei, who was ordered to explain to the public by Akishino, created "Komuro Document" by quoting only a part of the recorded data and published it (April 2021). He turned the ex-fiance into a liar, claimed it was not a debt but a gift.
Immediately after that, the ex-fiance submitted all the recorded data, then we found out that Kei was a liar.
Only four days after Komuro Document was released, Kei changed his attitude and announced his intention to pay the settlement fee.
However, after that, though the ex-fiance proposed a discussion for the settlement fee, Kei kept refusing it and ignoring him.
Six months after the announcement of the intention of the settlement fee, Kei forced the marriage without solving anything (October 2021).
At the press conference immediately after the marriage (October 26, 2021), Kei said, "Occasionally, my mother and I have expressed to her ex-fiance our gratitude." "I received a positive response from him regarding the negotiations."
However, the ex-fiance later announced "There is no such fact in either case."
After getting married, Kei finally met him just before he went to the United States and "agreed to pay a settlement fee" (November 2021), but the source of the money is not disclosed.
In addition, Mako announced at the press conference after marriage that "I let Kei do that to his mother's ex-fiance since 2017."
Also, Kei got a job at a high-end bank in Tokyo (although he quit it soon), entered a national graduate school, studied abroad in New York with a grant (Only one student can get the scholarship at Fordham University, but Kei didn't pass the bar exam though many of his classmates passed), and lived in New York for years.
These unfair and costly lifestyle was helped by Akishino (through his friends).
On the other hand, the ex-fiance ran out of money due to Kei's studying abroad at UCLA (2012) and the numerous luxurious demands by Kei's mother, he became unable to pay his mortgage and sold his house and car. He is now still working for a living in his 70s.
About Kei's mother, she commits Survivor's pension fraud and Sickness/Injury benefits fraud. But the police doesn't investigate her though they arrest other people for the same crimes.
These unfairness and abuse of power by the Imperial Family violate the Constitution of Japan.
We Japanese have lost a great deal of trust and respect for our Imperial Family in the last few years.
We feel hopeless the Imperial line will be moved to the Akishino family after the current Emperor retires.
Western media likes to portray asian society, especially Japanese, as a bad bunch. Look at this video comment section and you can find that the majority of the comments are ignorant of kei komuro's lies and even tries to defend him
@@wenjiang9358 I do not see Japanese 'as a bad bunch', nor have I seen any media imply this!
I am surprised, though, to hear about Kei's family issues.. These are not well known.. On one hand, it's none of our business, since it's personal and can be embarrassing for the Japanese Royal Family! .. On the other hand, there ought to have been some hints in the Western Media..
His failing the law bar exam is disappointing, but I heard it's quite difficult, and not uncommon to fail it, esp on the first try..
Imagine getting judge about your character based on the length of your hair
It's a real thing in Indonesia, too. If a male is still a student he won't allowed to have long hair.
it's still a thing in many countries. sadly.
Someone has to break this stigma!
小室圭は日本のエレンイェーガーです
私は彼ら二人を応援します
I was wondering about this too. I wonder how harshly that guy in the gold suit gets judged.
Ah man, I was just listening to these people speak, Japanese is such a wonderful and beautiful language.
I agree with the older Japanese individuals opinions. Also, I appreciate their polite manner of speaking and answering questions.
I feel like a lot of people seem to be infantalizing Princess Mako a bit. She's an adult who can make her own decisions and even turned down a huge amount of wealth and privilege to be with a commoner, I don't see why anyone should criticize her (or her fiance) for their decisions. This is coming from someone who disagrees mostly with the existence of monarchies though.
Agree！
Seriously, people speak about her as if she has no agency or thought process in the matter.
Noone is infantalizing her. American sense of individualism is just too much. Anyways ,they are worried because of groom's family .This is not much different from British Royals Harry and Megan.
In both case public was initially happy to have them(Megan and Kei) but when their past actions were uncovered public opinion changed.
However media is definitely fault here, after one scandal they kept on digging and digging on Kei and supplying negative attention to the public.
Kei's mother took loan or something from her boyfriend but didn't return it, this was the big news after that media didn't leave them alone.
@@Vor567tez His mother did, he didn't. It's not about individualism, as it's about personal responsibility, and the lack thereof. Kei's mother is responsible for her own actions, not Kei.
@@omega1231 You have to take into account the culture differences here. In asia culture, even after married, usually the family from both side still can impact the marriage.
People just being concern, what if the mom can directly impact the marriage, as in borrow money, so on and so forth.
That's why I admire people that can show and stand by their boundaries. Unfortunately, boundaries hardly come by in asia culture due to its collectivism mindset.
Hence, if you live in asia, phrases like married with the families is very familiar.
11:50 this is not the first time. The current empress of japan was a commoner before married to the emperor naruhito. The crown prince fumihito also marry a commoner. As with their sister, formerly princess sayako is also married a commoner and now known as kuroda sayako.
The first thing to keep in mind that differentiates the emperor from foreign kings is that the emperor has authority, but not power. The emperor is attached to a religion with Shintoism at its peak. Is the Pope free to marry? As a result of living freely like the King of Thailand, he has left Thailand and is living in Germany. Does this earn him the trust of the people?
Thai king can do whatever and live where he want
It's like the opposite of a Disney fairytale. Instead of marrying a prince and becoming a princess she marries a commoner and stops being a princess.
このチャンネルは自分たちの思うような答えにたどり着くように構成してるよね。海外の人がこんな情報を見ていると思うと吐き気がする。きちんと民意を伝えてほしい。
the old man’s words at the end of the video really touched me! i’m ashamed to say i expected him to have a boomer mentality towards it, but i’m so glad that i was wrong. i appreciate his viewpoint :)
こういったインタビューは、とてもいいことだと思います。
ただ、プリンセスマコと庶民が結婚されたとなっていますが…
実際は、もっと闇深いです。
皇室とは、日本の象徴であり、強いて言えばエンペラー的な存在。その子孫
ただの結婚だったら、庶民は祝福しますが、次から次へと問題が出てきてます。しかもウヤムヤなまま。国民は納得行かないでしょうし、皇室特権を打ち出の小槌のように、国税を湯水の如く使われたら溜まったもんじゃありません。
一般人になったなら、二人で稼いで過ごしてください。今までいくら使ったら気が済むのですか?
そして、これからも使い続けるのですか?
いい加減にして欲しいです。
That girl with glasses have no idea about the famous story of how Emperor Naruhito chased after commoner Empress Masako, huh? And how so many in Japan fell in love with Empress Masako, so much that her house was a tourist destination. How Emperor Naruhito defended the then depressed Empress Masako from the meddling imperial household.. how he still protects her until now, by refusing to burden her too much with assignments.
Or how Emperor Akihito defied tradition to marry Empress Michiko, the first empress from a commoner background..
Former princesses Sayako, Ayako and many more had all married commoners. The difference with Komuro Kei is none of them have money scandal surrounding their family.
Thank you Asian boss I wanted a walk in interview on this.
You only have to look at princess mako to see she has kindness running through her veins.
Kei is probably the longest working person I know working for asian boss
I was surprised to know so many young people don’t know this marriage isn’t first time for commoners marry royal family members.
I’m not Japanese but I do know that other royal member of the family have married commoners; one even gave up her royal status to marry a commoner in 2018. It’s kinda odd that some of them are saying this is the first instance of such marriage..
Everybody is getting married to commoners, both princes and princesses. Current empress Masako is a former commoner, so as Michiko, mother of emperor. This title and the whole interview is very misleading. Royal family is small and marriage within the family means incest and everyone has been marrying commoners for long time and it is the only way to marry someone.
@@yasminey4005 Exactly, it seems so odd that such kerfuffle and emphasis is placed on this particular marriage. I am pretty sure we (non-Japanese) are missing something given all the attention.
I can understand why younger people probably haven’t a clue. They’re not really interested in content outside of social media or outside of what is trendy so to them, it’s a first but the older generations have no excuse really. It kinda goes to show how interested people really are in the royals these days. Or any news really. People only tune in when it’s hyped up
When I looked at the foreign media reports on this marriage, I was surprised to see that they reported that the Japanese were against the marriage because he was a commoner.
He was criticized because his mother's money troubles and other problems were reported.
It is normal for members of the Imperial family to marry common people.
The media just want to portray that Japanese people are bad and possessive or having outdated mindset, which is not true at all
The interviewer seemed to read too much into what backrush she will have to face if she forced
the real reason why their marriage was such a problem for Japanese society.
It's that Kei Komuro's mother is embroiled in scandalous after another with financial dealings
before he even grew up. His mother is thought to have cheated Japanese tax law in inheritance
of her husband's (gloom's dad) suicide and her father's in law's suicide just 3 days earlier and
whence she was able to send her son to a prestigious schools including Int'l Christian University
which would have cost arm and legs for a single mother. Also She was with so called fiance for
quite sometimes and borrowed (gift according to her) $400.000 (4mil yen) to pay for his schooling.
And just in the recent years it became know she was falsifying her health status to receive governmental medical supplemental assistance. The amount may not be as much as some currupt
politicians but you're talking of Japanese imperial household here.
They live on tax payers money so it's imperative they'd be without any gossips whatsoever.
Or it wouldn't be a big deal as this wasn't the first time imperial princess marries out to a commoner.
Empress mother and current empress were commoners for god's sake.
people ought to do what makes them happy. traditions based around marriage and ultimatums are outdated and should go out the window.
does that mean i can finally identify as a space craft penguin
@@KonadorAuchindoun if that has any relevance to marriage traditions… sure
@@KonadorAuchindoun what does that have to do with outdated traditions?
@@taiyonatiare7918 everything, my body my decision honey!! *snap snap*
*head bobble*
@@KonadorAuchindoun LMAOOOO
The main point of this issue is Kei Komuro went to law school using Japanese royal money and force. Even now, it is unclear how they live in the upper NYC without his earning of lawyer.
I love the ojii-san's smile at the end, it was just so warm. :3
It's a shame that some in the media felt the need to pressure her and criticize her to the point that she felt relieved to be married and moving to the US. People think the lives of royals are easy. For sure they are free from worry about the basics of life but the scrutiny on them is overwhelming. It's not a surprise that Princess Mako and Prince Harry both escaped for lives more common in the US. And its the media and royalists that drove them to that.
I heard one of the TV channels in Japan decided not to broadcast the live press conference of Princess Mako and her husband, and instead, showed the film 'Blade', which came out back in 1998.
0:41 Ah yes, very nostalgic. Please come back Papa Franku!
True love has no boundaries, exemplified by the love of 2 people, the princess Mako and Kei Komuro. I wish them well and many blessings from heaven above.
Kei is full of lies. He’s been exposed.
in my country, some kings and even crown prince married with commoner. it used to be big news before, but once one person did it, it became kind of not shocking anymore. it still big news but less shock.
and i supported Princess Mako, she should get married to someone that she love and be happy. she have only one life, no need to waste it for political or etc.
Didn't Asian Boss once make a video insulting the Japanese emperor?
When South Koreans realized that the rest of the world would not follow South Korea's victimized history, South Korea suddenly came closer to Japan, didn't they?
Don't you feel embarrassed? South Koreans should apologize to the emperor if they want to be forgiven by the Japanese.
Naruhito looks like gay and his wife looks like av stars in middel age.
As I know, Japanese princess will always marry commoner since a long time ago.
I will talk about the reasons why I opposed the marriage of Kei Komuro and Mako. The Japanese media and the government ignore and hide them.
・Father and paternal grandparents commit suicide
・ Mother illegally receives survivor's pension
・ Mother illegally receives injury and illness allowance
・ Recorded discussions with former fiancée and claimed to be gifts rather than debts
・ Gift tax is through
・ Although it was announced that it would pay 4 million borrowed from a former fiancé, it was through to the present situation.
・ Suspicion emerged that forced classmates to drop out due to bullying
・ After proposing to Mako, she got a job at the Marunouchi branch of Mitsubishi UFJ Bank, which only allows elites to enter.
・ She suddenly changed jobs to a major law firm that she knew the Akishinomiya family, even though she was not a graduate of the law department.
・ Ignore the admission qualifications of Hitotsubashi University Graduate School
・ She is just a clerk, but she studies abroad with a scholarship at work.
・ After returning to Japan, I studied abroad with support on the premise that I would work at my original workplace, but I got a job overseas.
・ Do not mention the amount borrowed from the law firm
・ Appeal her Mako's fiance with her application
・ Individual guidance at university for some reason
・ Obtain a scholarship given to 1 in 200 excellent students who are neither native language nor specialized
・ Although it should be excellent enough to get a scholarship, it is not selected as an excellent student
・ Appeal Mako's fiance with her resume
・ Lie that she went to a Dentsu intern in her resume
・ She lied in her career that she was selected as an excellent performer for the second consecutive year when she was a bank clerk.
She is supposed to have won the JFk Award (American National Heroic Award) but is not on the list of winners
・ Do not get fired even if you misrepresent your career
・ The name has been deleted from the Fordham University graduation list.
・ Suspicion of student visa fraud emerged
・ She has just become a member of society, but for some reason she is in a situation where she can move to New York.
・ Unknowingly, the Japanese History Museum has been built in New York.
・ The law has changed to make it easier for overseas lawyers to work in Japan.
Does it even matter who she marries? It's not like women are included in the line of succession. Women might as well be excluded from the family proper from birth.
People LOVE to have a say in women's business, that's why
1:22
"If she leaves you for another, there's always her sister"
~ master oogway
Was she supposed to just stay unmarried and alone like her distant cousins?
what happen to her cousin?
@@dumuzidtherisingphoenix a few of her cousins just went unmarried, it seems lonely. I'm glad she escaped that family.
@@cantsay2205 that is sad
@@dumuzidtherisingphoenix There are no other aristocrats in Japan since the Americans forced the dissolution of the peerage as a condition of occupation/surrender, since they had supported the military junta during WW2. The core imperial family was the only one spared for constitutional purposes. But basically it means a princess either has to wait to marry a first cousin (not gonna happen in this day and age), go unmarried, or leave the royal family.
@@ifeeltiredsleepy but the family can arrange the wedding for them with good commoner if they want
I love that older guy wearing the hat He have such wholesome expressions.
I'm happy she is happy
This Japanese person claims not to know much about the Imperial Family, but most Japanese young people have a strong interest in the Imperial Family.
"I've heard that he failed the bar exam" Okay, so what?! The good news is that you can take the New York bar exam an unlimited amount of times if you do not pass. New York does not place a limit or a restriction on the number of times you may attempt to pass the bar exam. Weirdly folks in the United States are forgiving unlike folks "elsewhere"...😂
Uhm, that phrase comes from someone who lives in a country where children commit suicide if they fail their school/college entrance exams, what do you expect? Of course they will look down upon him for failing.
@@stillfangirlingtoday1468 Whatever. It’s not “The End of the World” here! Which I guess is why folks come here, despite our problems.
Exactly, remember JFK Jr who was as close to royalty the US gets, failed his exams a few times but ppl don't care about that, he was mourned by many ppl when he died.
@@stillfangirlingtoday1468 also studying in the west in a luxury not everyone can afford and the fact that his mom literally borrowed a large sum of money for his studies means that a typical asian would not put 'failing' as an option... sure no one would blatantly hate him for it, but it sure won't help his image
yeah failing exams in many East Asian countries are like a final decision on your intelligence. some due to the culture, but also due to the cut throat competition. It's like in Olympics if you are a runner then 0.1 second makes a huge difference.
As far as I know, a lot of Japanese nationals regard Princess Mako`s marriage to Mr. Kei Komuro negatively because Mr. Komuro`s mother allegedly obtained money by fraud. In addition, many Japanese people also accuse Crown Prince Akishino that he failed to teach his three children properly as public figures. Unlike his elder brother, he did not learn kingcraft. In conclusion, many Japanese subjects are concered that this marriage could impair the dignity of the Imperial Family.
that has nothing to do with Kei though no? That's on Komuro's mother, not him.
@@reinerso1992 At first Kei claimed he didn't know about the mother’s money problem, which was a lie, then he started claimimg the mother was given not debt. That's why the citizen can't trust Kei.
インタビュー対象者に偏りがありますし、内容が浅いかと思います。
日本では反対が大多数とはまで言いませんが、同じくくらい反対の声は多いです。
その反対してる理由には、海外に報道されてるような外見や表面的な事ではなく、
皇室の民間人への特権乱用、税金の使用、
結婚相手の経歴詐称や家族の犯罪疑惑、
皇室の未来など様々な理由があります。
As far as I'm aware, rules against royals/nobles marrying commoners were almost universally put in place because if it happened, it would significantly reduce the legitimacy of the family and therefore threaten their position as royals/nobility. Since that is far less of a concern nowadays, I'd argue that that rule is outdated, even though I'd still argue that it should be encouraged that the royal family still not marry commoners since, even now, if every single person in the family is married to some random person in the street, they would lose a significant amount of legitimacy.
Prince: darling, you wanna see who reacts on our marriage?
Princess: ok!
Gold weirdo on the thumbnail: :)
Dudes: Why you marry a commoner?
Mako: Why does the sun hang upon the sky?
Dudes: Umm…wut? Why you marry?
Mako: The sun can only sit in the heavens.
Dudes: errmm…
Mako: I love him and there’s literally no royal family left but mine to marry into. So it’s inevitable. Also, I think the ponytail was cute. You found another reason to bully him AGAIN when he came back to me, so I hope he grows another now that we’re gone.
Huh
after years of watching anime, I find it really cool to hear words I'm familiar with used in a non-anime context like "ojou-sama", "heimin", "kozoku", "heika"
@Baka Sussy stay pressed ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This channel is so underrated. You guys deserve more views.
Japanese men with long hair are players. Got ya! 😂
I loved the words from that Ojiisan in the end.
It's just another one of those outdated Japanese ways of thinking. You can't know if someone is a player or not just by looking at their hair.
@@joseph3036 yes I believe every country has their own prejudice against people based on their looks. Only a couple hundred years ago men in most countries and cultures had long hair. It's just so very ridiculous to make out a persons character by taking a single thing of their appearance, but alas people like to put others into categories.
@@kathakailin lol they are asian😂 and always be asian. Sometimes, I feel pity to be asian which is they are so hard to be open minded🙃🙃
Nothing wrong to living a normal life but living a normal life in NYC? Ok lol
1:18 got to respect this dude's ambition. Who knows what will happen.
off topic but I love how the older gentleman talks
Me too...
Everyone has the right to enjoy freedom.
I am really happy for her/them. But it is really sad, that they got nothing and kinda had to leave. She has my best wishes and will always see her as a princess.
And the dude wanting to marry Kako... I feel you
1:21 his nonchalantness made it even funnier hahaha
the couple faced disapproval from the Japanese public because they deemed Kei unfit for their princess due to his low social status, this info is Wrong Asia Boss...the true is it was postponed for approximately three years due to Kei Komuro's mother's involvement in a financial dispute over ¥4 million ($36,000) she had received from her former fiancé, some of which went towards paying Komuro's tuition fees. The dispute resulted in the imperial family and the public's disapproval of the match,Various scandals like alleged marriage and insurance fraud by Kei Komuro's mother and high school bullying by Kei Komuro came to light soon after the announcement of his wedding plans.
Now Kei 'run' to US for work there, poor Mako going face hardship in future at US not a safe PLACE TO LIVE...!!!
Trust me not a happy marry in future...Kei Komuro brain now on think about MONEY he a two face.
As a Chinese-American here's my main points on why this happened. The succession crisis happened because of the American Occupational Authorities that abolished the aristocracy or kizoku (貴族) and dismantled the shinnoke and oke branches of the Imperial Family. Therefore the Occupational Authorities are to blame for this.
There is a hypothetical proposal to prevent the princesses from losing their titles:
1. Reinstating the cadet branches of the Imperial Family (the shinnoke and oke princely houses)
AND
2. Reinstating the kizoku or peerage nobility (dukes, marquis, count, viscount, barons).
why is everyone so late? it really isnt a big deal because this happens to ALL japanese princesses
yes, I am a big confuse
Tokyo people have the memory of goldfish and are too busy being proud of Tokyo's 2 *cough* I mean 4 seasons.
Pretty surprising , and yet not, to see so many Japanese saying it's the first time a member of the royal family married a commoner while this has actually already happened numerous times in the past decades. Would have been nice to see the interviewer reminding them about this.
The interviewer not being japanese might affect some people’s response , especially about sensitive subjects. People were sounding especially PC in this video, compared to usual.
Interviewer being Japanese or not doesn't matter. Slandering the Imperial household is taboo. Her husband is fair game though. We can diss him all we want. He deserves it.
@@kageyamareijikun in what way does he deserve it?
I did notice a lot more hesitation to state opinions in this video, even more than usual. Must be a sensitive topic.
@@darcieking4307 he and his mother know what they are guilty of
@@kageyamareijikun what is he guilty of?
In the first place, the Japanese are not opposed to Mako's marriage to a civilian.
In the first place, when Japan was defeated and occupied by GHQ, they changed many things about the Imperial Family, and many members of the Imperial Family left the Imperial Family. Therefore, it is almost impossible for women of the Imperial Family to marry other members of the Imperial Family. Therefore, when they were born as women to the Imperial Family, ordinary Japanese people are aware of the fact that they will eventually leave the Imperial Family by marrying ordinary people.
Commoner? More like "rich educated commoner"
私は英語が苦手なので、日本語でしかコメントできません。
このインタビューを受けている方々は、何も知らなすぎます。むしろ何も知らない人だけを切り取ったようです。
多くの国民は結婚自体には賛成でしたし、お祝いをしていました。
しかし小室さんの母親の金銭問題が発覚し、それに小室さんや小室さんの母親が真摯に対応しない姿勢に不信感がでてきました。
誰だって自分の子どもが金銭問題を抱えて、しかもまじめに対応しないような相手のとの結婚なんてさせたないでしょう。
このチャンネルやばいよ、5ちゃんねるとかでは韓国上げ、日本下げって散々言われてるけど。偏向しまくり。詳しくはネットで「Asian boss なんJ」とか調べて貰えばわかる。
例えばだけど、日本の大学進学率が高いって動画もあったけど日本の大学進学率は韓国の半分でヨーロッパのほとんどの国より少ない。
日本の超進学校を取り上げて日本の学校がいかに勉強漬けなのかって動画もあるけど試験の結果で死人が出る韓国のことは絶対取り上げない。
ギャンブル中毒の日本人の動画は作るけど社会問題に発展するほど深刻な問題になってる韓国のゲーム中毒は絶対取り上げない。
日本の出生率の低さについての動画は度々出すけど日本より出生率が低い韓国の動画は絶対出さない。
こいつら、日本人が英語できなくて抗議とかしないからやりたい放題だわ。
Asian bossはコメントを消すことでも有名だからこのコメントも消えるかもな。
@@lilacinarosea すまんけどデイプステート信者はもっと引く
That guy @1:10 has the right attitude 🤣
Funny right?
actually Japanese have a good intention to not 'bless' her married.. Komuro family is 'bad' according to Japanese.. you can search about them, there's a lot bad articles about the family scandal especially her soon to be Mother In Law... Japanese was welcomed that marriage before, but now they against it.. just after all the scandal come out..
It was interesting to hear and see Japanese citizen input. I never knew that there were still royal families. Are they still claiming divine ancestry, is that how it works? I read that the Kojiki, or something, I don't remember the exact name, was an account on who in Japan was to be its righteous Emperor.
Regardless, I thought it weird that, if that's how these families are deemed royal, that you could strip that divinity and title, by marrying non royalty. All in all, I'm very impressed and intrigued by her decision, and it puts a smile on my face.
Love is still out there, and is still a believed concept that carries a lot of meaning. That's what I think about hearing this story, it's mad inspiring.
She's so polite and respectful, madkey graceful, but very steadfast in what she believes in. All the power to her; I really hope that it isn't a detriment to her future, as the media seems to display it.
I don't think that they are still claiming divine ancestry tho because of the "humanity declaration act" post ww2.
Well I could be wrong 😂
@@LoonaticOrbit No, I'm lowkey probably wrong, I read up on this stuff a while back, so my memory escapes me on a lot of this. What you are referring to, may well be the actual fact 😅
@@erikkublack4523 They denounced the divine ancestry when Japanese surrender in WW2, they also abolished many noble families, the only noble left are the emperor and his immediate family.
@@ge7sur3nka34 Wow. That makes you wonder what the big deal is then, her leaving her noble family. The rest of Japan has progressed past royalty, for the most part. I'm happy for her, ultimately. Thanks for the fact, I didn't know about that.
@@erikkublack4523 They are criticizing Kei's family, with her mother's debt etc, not to mention they are poor. Mako's mother, current empress and empress emeritus were all commoners but they came from rich families. Many former princesses also married to rich/respectable commoners so no fuss about that. Although Japan has already progressed past royalty, they still care about the Emperor and his relatives and look up to them as role model. Tho princess Aiko experienced bullying during her elementary school days.
I think the truth about what might happen lies in the middle. Some wants to see the old elitism brought down -commoner and a princess sounds like a fairy tale. On the other hand , the princess a normal person , can also make mistake when reality hits about day to day living, with someone of a different background - the end of honeymoon period etc. Like any couple, comes down to how much they are willing to commit and make it work. Obviously the fame made the beginning step harder.
You know what, they'll probably make an anime based around this and call it something like "Princess Meko". I'd definitely watch that fosho
Suddenly my brain want to say no, but at the same time I'm curious
Can we talk about how he is litereally a chad?!!
I mean he was even poor and came from a poor family… still got a real royal princess! 🧐😂😂😂
The public disliked it so much that the Princess even got PTSD 😔
That’s typical of Japanese society. Not her getting PTSD, but Japanese people disliking something because they aren’t in the situation
@@MyPetLynx you seem like to portray Japanese people as a single being huh? They have about 120 million people and you have your opinion as if they are one single being? Typical Japanese society as in what? in real life? Japanese society portrayed by the media? I dont think you know how media works
NYC will have no problem with them. I hope they'll do great things
Let them make JAV.
@@alfonschoubek2984 wtf is wrong with you?
I hope they don't turn into libtard SJW
Wasting Japanese tax on these 2 shameless betrayers. 🤮🤮
Can we please give a moment of respect to the stand user they interviewed in this video! ❤❤❤❤❤ (gold bodysuit youtuber)
Lol its golden experience who now lives in Japan as a person😂
He looks like golden filthy frank
I like how asian boss asked the first person, golden chariot stand from jojo, himself. His opinion is the only valid one XD