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Japan relaxes royal succession rules - but ban on female emperors remain
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Japan has approved a bill to relax succession rules, allowing the adoption of male relatives and permitting princesses to keep their titles after marrying commoners. However, the law maintains the ban on female emperors, keeping Princess Aiko ineligible for the throne.
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Princess Aiko, the only child of the current emperor, is still not eligible to succeed the throne
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