Japanese princess quits royal family

– Princess Ayako married commoner Kei Moriya yesterday at a traditional ceremony at Tokyo’s Meiji Shrine, to become the latest female royal to leave Japan’s imperial family.

The 28-year-old princess, the third daughter of Emperor Akihito’s late cousin Prince Takamado, tied the knot with Moriya, a 32-yearold employee of shipping company Nippon Yusen.

She wore a many-layered kimono and moulded hairdo typical of the imperial aristocracy. – Reuters

Tokyo