Japan debates female succession
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A Japanese government panel begins work on whether to recommend women be allowed to take the throne.
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TOKYO --The Japanese government will establish an advisory council to begin deliberations early next year on the wisdom of granting female members of the imperial family the right to ascend the throne, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said yesterday. The council will comprise about 10 intellectuals to review the Imperial House Law, the basic law governing the Imperial family system, ...
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The largest faction in Japan&#39;s ruling party plunged into a crisis over a funding scandal on Monday as speculation mounted that prosecutors were about to question a former prime minister who had led the group.
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Japan's opposition went on the offensive Monday, pledging to push for an early election and spelling stalemate for the divided parliament's new session.
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TOKYO : The Japanese government hopes to make changes to the constitution that will allow a woman to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne within &quot;several years,&quot; a news report said.
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Japan put on hold the long-awaited announcement that Princess Sayako would become the last of the emperor's children to marry after the oldest royal, Princess Kikuko, died at age 92.
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Japan will set up a task force to consider allowing a reigning empress, an official said Monday - the government's first review of a post-World War II law that limits imperial succession to men.
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The race to succeed outgoing PM Shinzo Abe hots up, as two key candidates indicate they plan to run.
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Japan&#39;s littlest princess turned three on Wednesday as authorities grappled with the issue of whether to make legal changes that would one day allow her ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne.
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The government has decided to establish an advisory council comprising intellectuals for deliberations on whether to grant female members of the Imperial family the right to ascend the throne, a question currently of extreme importance to the Imperial
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A Liberal Democratic Party panel has compiled an outline for revising the Constitution that would allow for a &quot;military force for self-defense,&quot; the Emperor as head of state and a female on the Imperial throne, LDP sources said Wednesday.
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The race to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe narrowed to two candidates Saturday as the ruling party said its conservative No. 2 leader and a dovish party stalwart who favors warmer ties with Asia will run.
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Tokyo, Nov. 15: The news that Princess Sayako, will wed at 35 after years of hesitation was welcomed today by many in Japan who fear that sagging marriage and birth rates has left the country headed for a demographic crisis.
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Japan and North Korea held a second day of talks Sunday in a dispute over Japanese nationals abducted by the North decades ago. Japan seized the occasion to express concern North Korea might be planning a missile test, a newspaper reported.
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Japan's ruling party scrambled on Thursday to find a new leader and avoid a policy vacuum after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation the previous day, amid reports the departing leader had medical problems.
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Voters want Shinzo Abe to prioritize domestic issues over regional relationships.
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Japan's ruling party considers proposing constitutional changes to let women take the throne, reports say.