A popular princess drives support for having a female Japanese Emperor. But the country's first female prime minister opposes it.
Japan's Emperor Naruhito leaves following a ceremony to proclaim his enthronement to the world at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in 2019.
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Japan revises succession law but retains ban on female emperors
Japan enshrines in law male-only succession for its shrinking imperial family
Japan changes imperial succession law but keeps ban on female emperor
Japan imperial rules tweaked but still no woman emperor
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Japan tweaks imperial law but keeps throne male-only, barring women emperors
Japan relaxes royal succession law but women still can’t become emperors
Japan moves to reinvigorate royal family but keeps succession male-only - UPI.com
Japan enshrines male-only succession for the shrinking imperial family
Japan relaxes imperial succession rules but keeps ban on female emperor
A popular princess drives support for having a female Japanese Emperor. But the country's first female prime minister opposes it.
Nationwide opinion polls in Japan have suggested broad public support for a female emperor, but some conservative political…
Royal watchers and experts fear the new measures could doom the 1,500-year-old hereditary institution by insisting that only…
Japan's parliament on Friday enacted changes to imperial succession rules, allowing male distant relatives to rejoin the imperial…
TOKYO: Japan's parliament enacted changes to the imperial succession law on Friday (Jul 17) but maintained the bar on a woman…
Japan may have its first ever female prime minister, but her government’s attempts to avoid a royal succession crisis are making…
