Princess Sayako marries commoner, leaves royal family

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito chats with Empress Michiko during a wedding reception for their daughter Princess Sayako and Toshiki Kuroda, a Tokyo metropolitan government official, at Tokyo's Imperial Hotel on Nov. 15. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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