TOKYO - Japan has finally launched formal discussions on how to secure a stable succession to the Chrysanthemum Throne amid a shrinking number of heirs, with options including allowing women to reign and emperors to descend from the maternal line to secure the future of the world's oldest hereditary monarchy.
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