Japan's parliament on Friday enacted a historic revision to the 19th century Imperial House Law relaxing succession rules but insisted only paternal-lineage men can become emperor, sparking fear that it could doom the already shrinking imperial family.

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,…