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

Japan's parliament on Friday approved a bill to revise the country's Imperial House Law, which sets out the line of succession to the Japanese imperial throne. The changes will allow the imperial ...

The revised law aims to address issue of the shrinking royal family. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A popular princess drives support for having a female Japanese Emperor. But the country's first female prime minister opposes it.

Japan‘s parliament on Friday amended the Imperial House Law to address the royal family’s declining numbers while preserving the country’s male-only succession system, despite broad public backing for ...