Kei Komuro, the husband of former princess Mako, failed the New York bar exam, a source close to the matter said 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.
Komuro’s name was not found on the latest pass list released by the exam’s organizer 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.
Of the 9,227 people who took the test, 5,791 passed, according to the examination board.
Those wishing to sit the February exam must submit an application during November.
The couple, both 30, registered their marriage and appeared in front of the press on Tuesday, four years since their relationship was made public.
Reading a prepared statement, the former princess said she had asked Komuro to move forward his plans to study abroad and “set up a base (for living) overseas.”
With the couple and their families having become fodder for tabloids and TV talk shows, she also said she was “horrified, scared and saddened by the fact that false information has been taken as fact and that unfounded stories have spread.”
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