Press conference of the engagement of Japan's Princess Sayako, 35, with Yoshiki Kuroda, Tokyo city bureaucrat, 39 In Tokyo, Japan On December 30, 2004-

JAPAN - DECEMBER 30: Press conference of the engagement of Japan's Princess Sayako, 35, with Yoshiki Kuroda, Tokyo city bureaucrat, 39 In Tokyo, Japan On December 30, 2004-Yoshiki Kuroda, Tokyo city bureaucrat, 39, left, and Japan's Princess Sayako, 35, right, look at each other during a press conference regarding their engagement at the Imperial Household Agency. After years of disappointing speculation about suitors, ththe engagement of Princess Sayako to a Tokyo city bureaucrat, a commoner, became official Thursday with an announcement by Japan's Imperial Household Agency.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, Pool/Gamma Tokyo) (Photo by Pool Interagences/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)