Japan’s Parliament on Friday approved the first major revision of the country’s imperial succession laws, to address the risk ...

Japanese parliament recently passed a bill to allow distant male relatives to be added to the line of succession; however, ...

New legislation aims to address the shrinking ranks of Japan's imperial family, while preserving male-only succession despite ...

In Japan, the Gion Matsuri festival brings towering floats to the streets in Shinto religious processions that are rooted in ...

The new rules passed by Parliament come as many Japanese had been calling for Princess Aiko, Emperor Naruhito’s 24-year-old ...

Japan on Friday enacted a controversial new law prohibiting desecration of the national flag, a key right-wing agenda pushed by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ...

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

Only male descendants in the male line are eligible to inherit the throne; now, the Imperial Family can adopt distant male ...

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

For the first time since 1949, Japan has updated its Imperial House Law to expand the number of eligible members of the Japanese royal family, but the new rule continues to exclude women. Princess ...