The emperor holds no political power but carries huge symbolic importance.
Japan's Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko posing with their children, Prince Hisahito and Princess Kako.– Japanese lawmakers kicked off discussions on May 17 about possible relaxations to the imperial family’s strict succession rules, although women will likely remain barred from the Chrysanthemum Throne.
The start of May 17’s cross-party discussions took seven years to get off the ground, and the enactment of any changes will likely be a lengthy process. The ruling party and opposition lawmakers are expected to discuss two suggestions a specially commissioned panel submitted to the government in 2021.The second is to allow men from 11 former branches of the royal family abolished after World War II to “rejoin” the direct line through adoption.
Resistance to changing long-held tradition among conservative lawmakers who revere the royals as the perfect example of a patriarchal Japanese family makes female succession unlikely any time soon.
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