[blam]

[Enterprise]

"Even more controversially, the prince suggested male members of the royal family could once again take concubines to ensure a supply of sons."

Uh, ok. And if that is extended to other males, the population numbers might pick up a bit.

[gaijin]

How long until Masako-sama goes COMPLETELY NUTS?

Takers?

[saquin]

The prince outlined ways to preserve male succession by bringing distant cousins of the emperor back into the line of succession either by adoption or the creation of new royal houses.

And that convoluted solution would be better at preserving the royal "line" than allowing females would be?

[muawiyah]

As obscure as this might seem, you have to remember that absent a male in the line these guys would have to back up to find a line that had a continual male line down to the present day.

Odds are the current claimant under those conditions is a fellow who was born and raised in Minneapolis, MN.

[Mount Athos]

Looking at the chart, if princess sayako had a son wouldn't he be eligible, time to be fruitful and multiply

[Larry Lucido]

the first reign of Jimmu in the mythical era

They had a Jimmuh too?

[Zetman]

Even more controversially, the prince suggested male members of the royal family could once again take concubines to ensure a supply of sons.

"I'm all for it but this might be a little difficult considering social climate in and outside the country," he wrote.

Prince Randy-san!!! You go!!!

Anata wa genki desu!!