A law set to pass Friday by Japan’s parliament could doom its 1,500-year-old hereditary institution by insisting that only men can be emperor, sparking worry about the shrinking, fast-aging imperial family.

Japan may have its first ever female prime minister, but her government’s attempts to avoid a royal succession crisis are making the chances of a woman taking the imperial throne…

Le parlement japonais a adopté vendredi une révision de la loi sur la succession impériale, autorisant le retour dans la famille impériale, par adoption, de parents masculins…