Japan discussed the possibility of changing the laws of succession to the Chrysanthemum Throne, which is currently limited to males of the Japanese Imperial...

Preceding his investiture as Crown Prince, the ongoing Japanese imperial succession debate had resulted in some politicians holding a favorable view...

birth, the paucity of male heirs in the imperial family had triggered the Japanese imperial succession debate, with some politicians favoring the abandonment...

imperial succession debate had resulted in some politicians holding a favorable view on rescinding agnatic primogeniture (male-only imperial succession) originally...

Kiko's investiture as Crown Prince and Princess, the ongoing Japanese imperial succession debate had resulted in some politicians holding a favorable view...

in 2001. The birth of their daughter fueled the ongoing Japanese imperial succession debate, which had resulted in some politicians holding a favorable...

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Prince Hitachi (b. 1935) The Imperial House Law of 1889 was the first Japanese law to regulate the imperial succession. Until October 1947, when it was...

on changing the Imperial Household Law to allow a woman to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne (see Japanese imperial succession debate), but he withdrew...

The 2019 Japanese imperial transition occurred on 30 April 2019 when the then 85-year-old Emperor Akihito of Japan abdicated from the Chrysanthemum Throne...

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of state of Japan. The emperor is defined by the Constitution of Japan as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, his position...

been the case; throughout Japanese history, there have been eight empresses regnant. The Japanese imperial succession debate became a significant political...

Imperial Household Law of 1947 (皇室典範, Kōshitsu Tenpan) is a Japanese law that governs the line of imperial succession, the membership of the imperial...

or ōke collateral branches of the imperial family in an effort to address the Japanese imperial succession debate. Prince Hitachi is the honorary president...

the Imperial Diet". Laws were issued and justice administered by the courts "in the name of the Emperor". Rules on the succession of the imperial throne...

father. Amid the Japanese imperial succession debate, then-Prime Minister Junichirō Koizumi strongly supported the revision of the Imperial Household Law...

The continuation, succession, and revival of the Roman Empire is a running theme of the history of Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. It reflects the...

often opposed changing the Imperial Household Law to allow for female succession to the Chrysanthemum Throne. Similarly, Japanese conservatives have opposed...

closest male-line relative to the current Imperial House, and has therefore figured in the Japanese succession debate as a possible successor to the throne...

(such as pre-Meiji Restoration Japan), abdication was a regular event and helped maintain stability during political succession. Historically, abdications...

of Japan. The imperial dynasty established at this time continues to this day, albeit in an almost entirely ceremonial role. In 794, a new imperial capital...

emperor of Japan. Hirohito reigned as a constitutional monarch and was the head of state under the Meiji Constitution during Japanese imperial expansion...

The Law for Special Exception of the Imperial House Law concerning Abdication, etc. of Emperor (Japanese: 天皇の退位等に関する皇室典範特例法／てんのうのたいいとうにかんするこうしつてんぱんとくれいほう)...

demobilization to Imperial General Headquarters No occupation of the Japanese Home Islands, Korea, or Formosa Delegation to the Japanese government of the...

two dynasties. This debate emerged following the Meiji Restoration in Japan. In their attempt to rationalize the debate, some Japanese scholars deliberately...

elected members of the Imperial Diet, and increasingly deferred to the Imperial Japanese Army in the lead-up to the Second Sino-Japanese War. On 26 July 1945...

of succession at all and monarchs are elected. The Holy Roman Emperor was chosen by a small number of powerful prince electors from among Imperial magnates...

Succession of states is a concept in international relations regarding a successor state that has become a sovereign state over a territory (and populace)...

China, have reignited the debate over the status of the JSDF and its relation to Japanese society. Domestic security in Japan is provided mainly by the...