Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s approval rating, which had hovered above 60–70% since her inauguration last October, ...

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

The new rules passed by Parliament come as many Japanese had been calling for Princess Aiko, Emperor Naruhito’s 24-year-old ...

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

Japan has revised its laws to prevent the world's oldest hereditary monarchy from running out of heirs. But they have left in place a ban on female emperors, an idea which most Japanese support.

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

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

A new law passed in Japan in July 2026 is updating the line of succession: It allows the royals to adopt distant male ...

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

It's a historic day for Prince Hisahito of Japan. The young prince, who officially came of age last year, had a royal first: attending a royal banquet to welcome a state guest. In this case, the ...