Japan is facing the longstanding issue of ensuring a stable imperial succession due to the shrinking size of the imperial family and is now seeking to reverse that trend.An envisaged revision of the Imperial House Law would clear the way for the adoption into the imperial family of male members of former branches that were stripped of their status after World War II and enable female members to retain their imperial status after marriage to commoners.The world's oldest hereditary monarchy has restricted succession to patrilineal descendants or those descended from an emperor on the father's…READ FULL ARTICLE
