Japan lower house declines disclosure of records on imperial law debate

Japan's House of Representatives has declined to disclose records of closed-door talks that produced a parliamentary "consensus" underlying Imperial House law revisions to address a shrinking imperial family.The four-way consultations among the leaders of both Diet chambers yielded a draft outlining the legislature's view on the proposed revisions in advance, which was later adopted unchanged at a meeting attended by all parties before the government formulated a revision bill.In July, Japan enacted the first substantive revisions to the 1947 Imperial House Law to permit the adoption of mal…READ FULL ARTICLE