VIDEO : Princess Postpones Marriage To Commoner

Tokyo (CNN)Japan's Princess Mako has postponed her engagement to fiancé Kei Komuro until 2020 due to "lack of preparation," Imperial Household sources told CNN. Princess Mako has put those plans on hold because she "came to recognize the lack of time to make sufficient preparations," the Imperial Household Agency said. The wedding was to be a momentous occasion for the country and the Japanese royal family, led by Emperor Akihito, who plans to abdicate in April 2019. Excitement swept the country when the Imperial Household announced last year that plans were underway for the princess to marry a commoner she'd met five years earlier at the International Christian University in Tokyo.