Japan's parliament has amended the Imperial Household Law to address the shortage of heirs. Male descendants of former noble ...

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

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

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

As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. “Never die for Emperor or country,” one advised. By Martin Fackler and Ko Sasaki Her ...

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

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 ...

There are only three people in line to inherit Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne, and one of them is 90 years old. All three of ...

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

Japan revises its laws to keep its imperial family from running out of heirs to the throne, while avoiding any discussion of allowing female emperors, an idea most Japanese support.