A report on the direction of future discussions, compiled last month by a government panel of experts on imperial succession, revealed the difficulty of maintaining a national system by relying on ...

In 2005, an expert panel accepted idea of a female empress, based on premise that it is difficult to maintain succession only in ...

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has submitted an expert panel’s report on imperial succession to the Lower House speaker and the Upper House president even though the document leaves many stones unturned ...

TOKYO -- Ensuring stable Imperial succession is an urgent task for the government as the number of Imperial heirs decreased from four to three after Emperor Naruhito ascended to the Imperial Throne on ...