Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's approval ratings fell as polls showed broad opposition to revised male-line imperial ...

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

A law set to pass Friday by Japan's parliament could doom its 1,500-year-old hereditary institution by insisting that only ...

TOKYO -- The Japanese Diet's debate ahead of revisions to the Imperial House Law did not address "female and matrilineal ...

STANDING BEFORE an elaborate array of white flowers, Takaichi Sanae, Japan’s prime minister, delivered a speech at a memorial ...

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

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

Parliament's revision expands the male heir pool through adoption while keeping Princess Aiko barred from the throne, defying ...

Japan’s first female prime minister helped ensure that women will continue to be barred from ascending to the Imperial throne ...

The latest legal revision makes no mention of female or maternal-line emperors. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Officials and staff who work in support of Japan's imperial family are facing unprecedented uncertainty as to how their ...

For the first time since 1949, Japan has updated its Imperial House Law to expand the number of eligible members of the Japanese royal family, but the new rule continues to exclude women. Princess ...