Cooking, cleaning, driving, shopping at supermarkets and possibly taking out the trash -- Princess Nori's marriage Tuesday to Tokyo Metropolitan Government employee Yoshiki Kuroda opens the door to a new life as a commoner and homemaker.
But her aides and friends said they are not too concerned about the future of the former princess, who has been cloistered inside the Imperial Palace for 36 years, citing the way Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko raised their only daughter.
She became Mrs. Sayako Kuroda through the wedding. The Imperial Household Agency will formally record her departure from the royal family Wednesday.
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