Kei Komuro, Princess Mako's longtime suitor whose prospective engagement to her is currently up in the air, claimed in a statement Tuesday that financial troubles blocking the way to his marriage to the princess had already been resolved.

In the statement, Komuro claimed that his mother's ex-fiance agreed that Komuro's family does not need to repay ¥4 million he spent on them before his engagement ended. But later in the day, the ex-fiance, whose name is being withheld, told the Asahi Shimbun that he still expects the sum to be returned, saying he had not intended to give the money to the family.

"The trouble hasn't been resolved yet," the man was quoted as saying by the Asahi.