Japan's Royal Family has relaxed its succession rules as it struggles with the lack of heirs - but the ban on female ...

Japanese parliament recently passed a bill to allow distant male relatives to be added to the line of succession; however, ...

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

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

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 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 ...

"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 ...

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

A popular princess drives support for having a female Japanese Emperor. But the country's first female prime minister opposes ...