Princess Sayako marries commoner
The newly married Sayako Kuroda bows as husband Yoshiki Kuroda leaves a news conference first.
Royal title and allowance must be given up
TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- Wearing a simple white dress and pearls, Japan's Princess Sayako bid farewell to palace life Tuesday to wed a Tokyo city employee in a low-key ceremony marking the first time that an emperor's daughter has married a commoner.
Thousands of well-wishers cheered as an official black car slowly drove Sayako, 36, out of the gates of the palace to the elegant Imperial Hotel, where she married Yoshiki Kuroda in a wedding that was austere by royal standards.
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