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Kei Komuro pays Y4 million to settle family financial row

Nov 19 (Japan Times) - Kei Komuro, the husband of Mako Komuro, a former princess, has paid about Y4 million to his mother’s ex-fiance to settle a financial dispute that had overshadowed the Komuro’s marriage, the former fiance’s representative said Thursday.

A total of Y4,093,000 — the same amount the ex-fiance paid to the Komuro family to support them — was transferred Monday to a bank account designated by the former fiance, according to a magazine reporter representing him.

Kei Komuro, 30, and his mother’s former fiance agreed to settle the dispute when they met Friday evening in Tokyo, the husband’s lawyer explained.

On Sunday, Mako Komuro, a 30-year-old niece of Emperor Naruhito, and Kei Komuro arrived in New York to start a new life in the city, where the husband works as a law clerk at a legal firm. ...continue reading

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