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The bride called her husband an indispensable existence and their marriage was necessary choice to protect their mind. The groom insisted on his life as only once and his right to be with his loved one. Her father wanted his daughter’s marriage to be celebrated by the people. The people were not sure whether the family was happy as a whole. Is this the traditional Japanese social system that makes no one happy? Mako Komuro, as known as Princess Mako during her life in one of the royal family Akishino, held on Tuesday a press conference with her husband Kei Komuro, right after submitting marriage report to local government. It was something different from ordinary Q&A session, because Mako was afraid of her mental uneasiness brought by some questions not based on truth. So, the event was actually one-sided speech to the reporters. Mako emphasized that the Kei’s decision of studying abroad five years ago had not been his original idea, but a result of her request to establish an over...

As far as looking into the faces of new members of the administration, Japanese politics has not gotten rid of obsolete power game. The Diet of Japan elected Fumio Kishida, former Minister of Foreign Affairs in Shinzo Abe administration, to the 100th Prime Minister. PM Kishida immediately formed his Cabinet with balanced choice, from the ranked lawmakers to the novice, reflecting preference of powerful figures called Triple-A: Shinzo Abe, Taro Aso and Akira Amari. Although new administration embarks on, domestic or foreign policy of Japan would basically not change so much.      Soon after elected to President of Liberal Democratic Party last Wednesday, Kishida unofficially met with Amari to consult on choice of administrative staffs. The first choice was Amari himself to Secretary General of LDP, who would control campaign strategy for coming general election and be dealing with the opposition parties in the Diet. However, Amari embraces a money scandal five years ago, w...