Japan may let women take throne
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Japan's ruling party considers proposing constitutional changes to let women take the throne, reports say.
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Japan&#39;s ruling party is considering constitutional revisions for setting up a self-defense military force and also making the emperor the head of the state.
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Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party hopes the election Sunday of a new party leader will help voters forget his predecessor.
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Japan's Crown Princess Masako emerged  briefly on Saturday from months of seclusion to visit the  emperor, but officials said it might be difficult for her to  resume her official duties this year.
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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 head of a government panel debating revisions to Japan's imperial succession law said Tuesday that public opinion, which strongly supports allowing a woman to reign, would be the most important factor in their discussions.
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Japan's governing party elects Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe as next leader, and possibly prime minister.
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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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Japanese media have mobilized for the   expected birth of a royal baby who conservatives hope will be   the first imperial male heir in more than 40 years.
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Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, who seeks warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to succeed Shinzo Abe as prime minister in an effort to revive the party's fortunes and fill a political vacuum.
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Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to be the next prime minister, but the 71-year-old lawmaker faces a likely policy deadlock in a divided parliament.
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Japan has become one of five new members elected to the United Nations Security Council, even as it campaigns for a permanent seat on the powerful body.
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Japan's finance minister became the first to launch a bid to lead the country on Thursday as the ruling party scrambled to avoid a policy vacuum after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's shock resignation.
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The daughter of South Korea's assassinated president Park Chung-hee on Monday launched a bid to be the country's first woman leader in a race dominated by her main challenger for the opposition conservative's nomination.
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Japan's ruling party is to hold a new inquiry into the use of sex slaves by the army during World War II.
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Japan said on Wednesday that its ties with Washington would not be shaken by a U.S. Congressional move to seek an apology for forcing women to serve as sex slaves during World War Two.
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Japan's first female defense minister vowed on Wednesday to strengthen ties with Tokyo's close security ally, the United States, and improve working conditions for women in the nation's military.