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

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

The Japanese parliament has approved a bill to relax imperial succession rules, amid concerns over the dwindling size of the ...

The Japanese Imperial Family has only sixteen current members.

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

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

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

Japan may have its first ever female prime minister, but her government’s attempts to avoid a royal succession crisis are making the chances of a woman taking the imperial throne ever slimmer. With ...

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 ...

This is the first change made to a certain law since 1949.