Japan's Royal Family Is Running Out of Heirs, But Women Are Still Barred From Becoming Emperor
Japan's royal succession crisis deepens as a scholar calls the ban on female emperors 'plainly misogyny' while the imperial family is left with just three eligible heirs.
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