Voortaan kunnen mannen uit voormalige keizerlijke zijtakken worden geadopteerd, zodat hun toekomstige zonen de troon kunnen erven.

Japan’s parliament has enacted a historic revision to the 19th-century Imperial House Law by insisting only paternal-lineage men can become emperor

TOKYO — Japan’s parliament enacted Friday a historic revision to the 19th-century Imperial House Law by insisting only paternal-lineage men can bec...