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May 2, 2019 · Under Japanese imperial law, women cannot be emperors. Discussions of the royal family and imperial law bring out the gender biases that are no longer explicitly expressed elsewhere in...
- A History of Female Emporers
- Reform Proposals Don’T Go Far Enough
- What The Public Thinks
The Kōshitsu tenpan 皇室典範 (or imperial household law) only allows men to ascend to the throne. But this law prohibiting female emperors dates back only to the Meiji period in 1889 when Japan had reopened to the West and modelled its new government on Prussia, which had banned emperors of female descent. Before then, Japan was no stranger to female e...
In 2005, the modern ban on female succession looked likely to be scrapped under then-Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. But while the debate was actually underway in the Diet (Japan’s parliament), the news brokethat Prince Akishino – Naruhito’s younger brother – and Princess Akishino were expecting another child. Reform ground to a halt. And when Pr...
Princess Aiko is striking a more restrained and personal note. Rather than spending a large amount of money on a new tiara during her recent coming of age ceremonies in December, she chose to wear an old one belonging to her aunt, Sayako. Borrowing the old tiara is said to have been Princess Aiko’s idea, given the economic hardship of the Japanese ...
- Masafumi Monden
Apr 26, 2024 · One suggestion would permit female members of the imperial family to retain their royal status after they marry instead of becoming commoners who are not, as a consequence, able to produce a...
Sep 6, 2021 · Kyodo. Sep 6, 2021. A plan has emerged within the government to enable female members of the imperial family to keep their royal status even if they marry a commoner, sources with knowledge of...
- The Japan Times
Oct 24, 2021 · Although imperial women are not eligible to sit on the throne, the criticism they receive can be harsher than for the men of the family, who are protected in part by their proximity to the line...
May 1, 2019 · Under current law, women are not allowed to ascend to the throne, and women born into the royal family must renounce their imperial titles and officially leave the family once they marry. Their ...
Nov 1, 2018 · If you cut out the two middle-aged men and the octogenarian, the future of Japan's Imperial Family — a semi-mythical, unbroken paternal lineage tracing back to the year 660 BC — falls solely ...
