Japan's parliament tweaked the imperial succession law on Friday but maintained the bar on women emperors -- despite surveys suggesting wide public support for the idea.

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,…