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

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

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

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

Japan’s parliament tweaked the imperial succession law on Friday but maintained the bar on women emperors – despite surveys ...

Japan's parliament approved a landmark amendment to the Imperial House Law last Friday, marking the first revision to the ...

Japan’s Parliament on Friday approved the first major revision of the country’s imperial succession laws, to address the risk ...