Japanese parliamentary panel approves draft to revise Imperial House Law, allowing female royals to retain status after marriage
A Japanese parliamentary panel approved a draft proposal to revise the Imperial House Law, allowing female imperial family members to retain their status after marriage and enabling former male royals of the male line to be reinstated through adoption. The draft, described as the "consensus of the legislature," was submitted to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, paving the way toward legal amendments aimed at preventing the imperial family's numbers from further declining.
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The draft states female members can stay on in the imperial family after marriage, and former male royals of the male line can be reinstated through adoption.
The draft, described as the 'consensus of the legislature,' was submitted to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi later in the day.
The move paves the way toward legal amendments to help prevent the number of members of the imperial family from further dwindling.
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