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 ...

Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito’s announcement of Japan’s World War II surrender, but as living ...

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 ...

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

Japan's progenitor is the female deity Amaterasu. She won a struggle against her younger brother and seized power in the ...