Dossier
Imperial Household Agency
Coverage of Imperial Household Agency in the Nexus archive.
- Japan enshrines male-only succession for the shrinking imperial family
Japan’s parliament revised the Imperial House Law to restrict emperor succession to paternal-lineage males, excluding Emperor Naruhito’s daughter Princess Aiko. The law allows distant male relatives to be adopted as heirs and lets princesses retain royal status after marrying commoners, sparking concerns about the imperial family’s future and gender discrimination.