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Japan Is Running Out of Royals. Are More Men the Answer?
14 June 2026 at 05:01
Japan’s legislature is drafting a plan to allow the imperial family to adopt distant male relatives. But some in Japan would prefer a female emperor.
Emperor Naruhito of Japan, center, with Empress Masako and other royal family members at a garden party in April in Tokyo.
© Pool photo by Kazuhiro Nogi
