Princess Ayako has hit the headlines in Japan with the news she is to marry a commoner - an employee of NYK.
She is the second Japanese princess to announce an engagement to a non-royal in the last two years, which means she will have to renounce her royal status.
Japan's Imperial Household Agency announced that the third and youngest daughter of the late Prince Takamodo, cousin of Emperor Akihito, is set to marry Kei Moriya, a 32-year-old employee of NYK Line.
