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Posted on 08/14/2026 10:08:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Japanese Crown Prince Akishino, the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, on Thursday said he has “mixed feelings” about the government’s revision to the Imperial House Law that reinforces a rule dictating only men can become emperor.
“I believe there is no difference between men and women” in serving the roles of the imperial family to respond to social needs, Akishino said at a news conference ahead of a trip to Paraguay later this month to mark the 90th anniversary of Japanese emigration to the South American country. The comments by Akishino, the next in line for the throne, come just weeks after a historic revision to the Imperial House Law by the conservative government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that insists only paternal-lineage men can become emperor.
The law has been criticized as anachronistic and sexist, and the revision sparked outrage and concern that the measure could doom the already shrinking imperial family. Critics say the government’s insistence on the male-only succession imposes an inhumane system on the royals without taking into consideration their perspective.
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There have been a couple of (contested) empresses, but this is totally up to the Japanese parliament, since we pointed out that Hirohito wasn’t really part god.
Is there a Japanese equivalent to AWFUL?
Why do I think that there was a previous FR story about the 1936 emigration of Japanese to Paraguay?
Haven't found it yet ...
Maybe something to do with the end of the Chaco War in 1935?
What does girly-boy Akishino have to worry about, that they might check under her kimono?
Uruguay is other guay in that pair of guays.
Okay, I’ll stop now.
I don’t think the brother is getting anywhere near the throne. His 18 year old son, Prince Hisahito of Akishino could be waiting 30 years before becoming Emperor. If agnatic primogeniture were eliminated Aiko, Princess Toshi would become first in line. She is not yet married, but her first child would then become next in line. (I don’t know if she had a male child under current law, he would jump his uncle Fumihito in the line of succession.
Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino is 60.
his younger brother of Emperor Naruhito is 66
Their father, Emperor Emeritus Akihito is still alive at 92. He abdicated in 2019 due to health issues.
In December 2021, Akihito celebrated his 88th birthday (米寿, Bēju), making him the longest-living verifiable Japanese emperor in recorded history, ahead of his father.
His father Emperor Shōwa Hirohito (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989) (aged 87)
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