Japan relaxes succession law but women still can't become emperors

Japan relaxes royal succession law but women still can’t become emperors - New measures will also allow princesses to keep ...

Japan revises imperial succession rules, but still excludes women

Parliament has adjusted imperial succession laws in the country, seeking to ensure the royal line endures, but maintained the ...

Japan is running out of royals. So why won’t it let women become emperor?

Japan may have its first ever female prime minister, but her government’s attempts to avoid a royal succession crisis are ...
KLCC

Japan revises law on royals, keeps blocking women from throne

A popular princess drives support for having a female Japanese Emperor. But the country's first female prime minister opposes ...

Japan moves to secure monarchy through adoption - women still barred

Japan's government led by arch-conservative Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi - the country's first female prime minister - wants ...
Japan Today

Japan parliament cuts to disproportionately hit female lawmakers: estimate

A bill that could cut 45 seats from Japan's House of Representatives would disproportionately reduce female lawmaker numbers, a Kyodo News estimate showed, undermining aims to improve women's ...
CNN

A Japanese mayor is making history — by taking maternity leave

Japan’s youngest elected female mayor is making history again – by taking time off to become a first-time mom. Shoko Kawata, the 35-year-old mayor of Yawata city in Kyoto Prefecture, has announced she ...