Japan’s Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years. Many people in Japan worry he could be the ...

Hisahito’s position as the only eligible male heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne has generated intense interest in his life – ...

Japan’s 1947 Imperial House Law allows only males to take the Japanese throne, and forces female royal family members who marry commoners to lose their royal status, as has happened recently ...