Japan’s revised law to maintain imperial family size takes effect

Inquirer.net - Oct 25, 2026

A revised Imperial House Law took effect Saturday to address Japan’s shrinking imperial family while retaining the traditional male-only succession system despite public support for female emperors. The legislation, enacted in July in the first major revision of the 1947 law, allows the imperial family to adopt males aged 15 or older from 11 former

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