Actress Yoko Maki announces she is married, pregnant

Monday 17th November, 11:11 AM JST

TOKYO —

Actress Yoko Maki, 26, announced on Saturday via a fax from her agency that she is pregnant and had got married. “We registered our marriage on the 11th. And we have been blessed with a new life. We’re just so happy. I hope to carry on in my own way just as I have up to now,” she said in the signed fax.

Her office also reported that the baby is due next summer and they will keep an eye on Maki as she continues working, and that she intends to work again after the baby is born. There are no plans to hold a press conference.

The office also refrained from commenting on any possible impact on “Donju,” a movie based on the screenplay by Kankuro Kudo. Kudo won the ‘Best Screenplay’ award at the 2002 Japanese Academy Awards for “Go,” a movie which explored the problems faced by people of Korean heritage living in Japan. Donju is scheduled for release next May.

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seesaw at 08:41 AM JST - 18th November

g'morning romulus. thanks. timeon may not have had a shotgun wedding, but him supporting one shows the lack of morality on his part. i don't know which young generation he belongs to but i'm young too. well, i supposed opinions are all about how you were raised, educated, etc....:)? i simply voiced my opinions based on my own morality...
timeon at 09:23 AM JST - 18th November

so seesaw, your morality says: kill the small one, no babies before wedding? or no sex before wedding, Bible says so or whatever? it happened, so they took the responsibility and created a family to raise the baby. probably you're implying that she did it intentionally just to get married, but that we can not know
BlackFlag at 10:04 AM JST - 18th November

whatever has happened to 'morality'....these days...:) pregnant & get married has become normal way of life...

and? things change. human nature is more stronger than 'morality' however you decide to interprete it. getting jiggy and making babies is something Japan needs to be doing a lot more. thousands of years in the future when the bible is long forgotten people will still be doing the dirty, on Mars, with robots, possibly
Betting at 11:42 AM JST - 18th November

"Best Dekichattagunnist", the correct expression should be, "Best Dekichattakekkonist". But good luck to the young lady, whoever she is ...
Nessie at 03:08 PM JST - 18th November

"Best Dekichattagunnist", the correct expression should be, "Best Dekichattakekkonist".

I wanted to get the English "shotgun wedding" idea into the mix, Betting.
seesaw at 05:08 PM JST - 18th November

timeon: i didn't mean (kill babies/no sex) before wedding. I'm not that old-fashioned. What I meant is every means of precaution should be taken to avoid having out of wedlock child. And about she intentionally did it to get married...hmmm..i cannot know either, but it's a common story here isn't it?
seesaw at 05:17 PM JST - 18th November

BlackFlag: ..:) interesting comments! hey, everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion..right? ..Japan needs more babies, yes. So they should do something about their old traditional culture about gender discrimination. Professional women can't have babies because they lose their job priviledges etc..and many intelligent/productive women have to resign to have babies, leaving the business to those unproductive men to handle. Suggest something more logic and creative,please! rather than the dirty thing with robots on Mars....lol
ANOTSUSAGAMI at 05:39 PM JST - 18th November

I'm waiting for Akiko Wada to dispense her usual morality on Yoko Maki. She'll turn to the airhead next to her and say "dekichattakekkon wa dame, na?!"
Betting at 09:50 PM JST - 18th November

"I wanted to get the English "shotgun wedding" idea into the mix, Betting".

My apologies Nessie, I stand corrected, after consulting my dictionary I have found that you are indeed correct.

Still, has anyone found out anything meaningful about Yoko's career?
JoiceRojo at 11:38 PM JST - 18th November

calculating.... got married on november 11th... baby is due on summer... that means june. Yeah, probably the order is incorrect but who cares?
BlackFlag at 10:12 AM JST - 19th November

Suggest something more logic and creative,please! rather than the dirty thing with robots on Mars....lol

well, i was joking, but showing no less logic than your original post that it is immoral to have sex before marriage.
amberleys at 10:37 AM JST - 19th November

what a pity ....
seesaw at 10:46 AM JST - 19th November

Good morning BlackFlag! i'm glad you were joking about it...:) but hey, let's give Japan some ideas about morality...afterall we're earning their Yen.....btw: i didn't mean it's immoral to have sex before marriage, I meant it's immoral to get pregnant before marriage...our parents thought us to be careful about that..right?..:)
slizzer at 03:03 PM JST - 20th November

I'm just excited for her.
nikoniko at 12:32 AM JST - 23rd November

wait .. you all are confusing me .. isnt it the thing in japan to get pregnant, THEN he will have to marry you? (just repeating what oh ... about 6 out of 10 woman friends told me) Well, hope for the childs sake the marriage lasts.