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No Women on the Throne: Japan Says ‘No’ to UN’s Call for Gender Equality in Royal Succession
Under current law, female members of the Japanese imperial family lose their royal status upon marriage and are excluded from ...
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Japan's succession drama puts future of world's oldest monarchy in doubt
Under the Imperial Household Law of 1947, succession is limited to male heirs on the emperor's father's side (i.e. down the paternal line). Naruhito, the grandson of Japan's longest reigning ...
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Japan's monarchy under threat from 'male only' succession rules
Female births have far outweighed male births in recent generations of the Japanese royal family and the ... does not have a male child, the line of succession will be broken - prompting some ...
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Panel skirts succession issue, proposes key changes
An expert government panel recommended that female members of the imperial household retain their royal status regardless of marriage but avoided the key question of succession. In its final ...
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Parties split on imperial throne succession as report submitted
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has handed off the hot potato issue of imperial succession ... their royal status even after marriage; the other would allow males of the paternal line of the imperial ...
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The Lens: Japan urged to modernise monarchy with female succession to promote gender equality
The Japanese emperor is considered a symbol ... The Imperial Household Law explicitly excludes princesses from the line of succession, restricting their right to become monarchs.