There are only three people in line to inherit Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne, and one of them is 90 years old. All three of ...

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

Approval Rating Plunges Immediately After Imperial House Law Revision..Why? In opinion polls conducted immediately after the ...

Lawmakers in Japan want to ensure there are enough Imperial family members. They have revised the Imperial House Law, but ...

The 24-year-old princess could save the world’s oldest hereditary monarchy from extinction.

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

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

New legislation aims to address the shrinking ranks of Japan's imperial family, while preserving male-only succession despite broad support for a female emperor.

THIS change to the Imperial system is outrageous and riddled with too many flaws. It could pose a risk of nullifying ties between the people and the Emperor as a symbol — a bond that has been nurtured ...

A historic legal revision intended to sustain the world's oldest hereditary monarchy may instead jeopardize its long-term ...

Japan's Royal Family has been saved from total extinction by a bombshell new law passed to stop the line of succession from ...

Japan's parliament on Friday altered the imperial succession laws, making a change designed to safeguard against the eventuality of the only young male prince left in the family line failing to have a ...