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

The Imperial House of Japan is not a normal family. It is the oldest existing hereditary monarchy in the world, a mysterious clan descended from the gods of Japanese mythology. The family is also ...

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

Japan is facing the longstanding issue of ensuring a stable imperial succession due to the shrinking size of the imperial family and is now seeking to reverse that trend. An envisaged revision of the ...

Japan’s legislature is drafting a plan to allow the imperial family to adopt distant male relatives. But some in Japan would prefer a female emperor. By Javier C. Hernández and Hisako Ueno Reporting ...

The debate over the future of Japan’s Imperial Household, which has been inching forward for years through committees, expert panels, and discreet meetings, took a turn this week. The Japanese ...