By Chiu Yi-chin, Liu Wan-chun and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporters, with staff writerTaiwanese model and actress Lin Chi-ling (林志玲) and Japanese band Exile’s Akira yesterday married in Lin’s parents’ hometown of Tainan. Sources say 44-year-old Lin chose to have the wedding in Tainan as a tribute to her mother, Wu Tzu-mei (吳慈美), who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. Lin also wanted to provide Akira’s friends and family members an opportunity to witness traditional Taiwanese wedding customs, they added. In his vows, Akira thanked Lin Chi-ling for marrying him and promised to make her the happiest woman in the world. In her vows, a tearful Lin Chi-ling thanked Akira for making her “believe in love” and pledged that the two would stay together for better or worse into old age.

Source: Taipei Times November 17, 2019 15:56 UTC