Japanese lawmakers revised succession rules to bolster the dwindling ranks of the royal family but ignored public backing to ...

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

Japan's parliament has revised the Imperial House Law, preserving male-only succession while allowing princesses to remain royals after marriage. The move has deepened the fight over Princess Aiko's ...

Japan's parliament has overhauled imperial succession rules to prevent the royal line from dying out. The upper house of the ...

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

Princess Aiko may retain her imperial title after marriage, but Japan’s new household reform still gives her no legal path to ...