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

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

The Imperial Family has just undergone some major changes, and while Princess Aiko is still barred from the throne, she will ...

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

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

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For the first time since 1949, Japan has updated its Imperial House Law to expand the ...

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