TOKYO: Japan's parliament enacted changes to the imperial succession law on Friday (Jul 17) but maintained the bar on a woman becoming emperor despite surveys suggesting wide public support for the idea.The future of the imperial household - mythically descended from the Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu - hinges

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…

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,…