End of the Japanese princesses’ elopement: imperial law reformed to guarantee succession
The Japanese Parliament approved this Friday the reform of the imperial house law to mitigate the issue of the gradual reduction of the Japanese imperial family —in crisis for years due to the lack of male heirs in the family—, but the modification of the rule maintained the traditional system of succession to the throne exclusively through the male line, despite public support for the possibility of having empresses of royal blood.