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Published: 10:16pm, 30 Oct, 2021
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Former Japanese princess Mako and her husband Kei Komuro leave a Tokyo hotel by car after meeting the press on Tuesday, October 26. They got married earlier in the day, and the princess became Mako Komuro under a family registry with her husband. Photo: Kyodo
Kei Komuro, the newlywed husband of former princess Mako, failed the New York State bar examination, a source close to the matter said on Saturday.
Komuro, who is planning to start a new life with the niece of Emperor Naruhito in New York as early as next month, is expected to retake the exam, possibly in February, according to the source.
The name of Kei Komuro, who married former Japanese princess Mako on Tuesday, was not on the pass list of the latest New York bar exam. Photo: Kyodo
Komuro’s name was not found on the latest pass list released by the exam’s organiser on Friday, days after their marriage.
Komuro has already started working as a law clerk at a legal firm in New York after graduating from Fordham University’s law school with a Juris Doctor degree in May. He took the bar examination in July.
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Of the 9,227 people who took the test, 5,791 passed, according to the examination board.
Husband of Japanese ex-princess Mako fails exam for New York bar, will retake: source
- The name of Kei Komuro, who plans to start a new life with the niece of Emperor Naruhito in New York, was not found on the latest pass list
- The couple, both 30, registered their marriage and appeared in front of the press on Tuesday
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Published: 10:16pm, 30 Oct, 2021
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Former Japanese princess Mako and her husband Kei Komuro leave a Tokyo hotel by car after meeting the press on Tuesday, October 26. They got married earlier in the day, and the princess became Mako Komuro under a family registry with her husband. Photo: Kyodo
Kei Komuro, the newlywed husband of former princess Mako, failed the New York State bar examination, a source close to the matter said on Saturday.
Komuro, who is planning to start a new life with the niece of Emperor Naruhito in New York as early as next month, is expected to retake the exam, possibly in February, according to the source.
The name of Kei Komuro, who married former Japanese princess Mako on Tuesday, was not on the pass list of the latest New York bar exam. Photo: Kyodo
Komuro’s name was not found on the latest pass list released by the exam’s organiser on Friday, days after their marriage.
Komuro has already started working as a law clerk at a legal firm in New York after graduating from Fordham University’s law school with a Juris Doctor degree in May. He took the bar examination in July.
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Of the 9,227 people who took the test, 5,791 passed, according to the examination board.