NPR | Home Page Top Stories Follow Japan revises law to ensure supply of (male) heirs to the imperial throne A popular princess drives support for having a female Japanese Emperor. But the country's first female prime minister opposes it. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/17/g-s1-133536/japan-revises-law-to-ensure-supply-of-male-heirs-to-the-imperial-throne npr.org
