Japan's parliament tweaked the imperial succession law on Friday but maintained the bar on women emperors -- despite surveys ...

The Japanese parliament has approved a bill to relax imperial succession rules, amid concerns over the dwindling size of the ...

Japan's Parliament revised the Imperial House Law to cement male-only succession, blocking Princess Aiko from inheriting the ...

Questions remain about who will succeed Emperor Naruhito, but even the most recent rule change prevents Princess Aiko, the ...

Japan's parliament on Friday enacted changes to imperial succession rules, allowing male distant relatives to rejoin the ...

A new law passed in Japan in July 2026 is updating the line of succession: It allows the royals to adopt distant male ...

Japan may have its first ever female prime minister, but her government’s attempts to avoid a royal succession crisis are ...

Nationwide opinion polls in Japan have suggested broad public support for a female emperor, but some conservative political ...

The latest legal revision makes no mention of female or maternal-line emperors. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...