Japan's Royal Family has relaxed its succession rules as it struggles with the lack of heirs - but the ban on female empresses remains.

TOKYO, July 19 — Officials and staff who work in support of Japan’s imperial family are facing unprecedented uncertainty as to how their duties in the royal system will be...

Japan's imperial family has just 16 members, only five of them men, most elderly; if Prince Hisahito, 19, has no son, the dynasty could end; though 70% support female succession,…