2026-07-17 3e89c67f1ae6e1ce9b6056162d40d891fdddf7ef 48 Imperial Household Law 14 /wiki/imperial%20household%20law Japanese imperial succession debate 1 /wiki/japanese%20imperial%20succession%20debate National Diet 2 /wiki/national%20diet commoner 71 /wiki/commoner male-only succession 116 /wiki/agnatic%20primogeniture the family 37 /wiki/imperial%20house%20of%20japan Imperial Household Law Japanese imperial succession debate National Diet commoner male-only succession the family Japanese imperial succession debate 2025-10-4 1eb774258264a1a8c5af18d8d53a5bf859db6b98 28 National Diet 1 /feed/2025/10/4/sanae-takaichi-defeats-shinjiro-koizumi-in-a-runoff-election-to-become-the-next-president-of-the-liberal-democratic-part Sanae Takaichi defeats Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff election to become the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and prime minister-designate. She is the first female leader of the LDP and, should she be confirmed by the Diet, the first female prime minister of Japan. 2025-07-20 2531aa7f9f6fd5a991c82b62858c69f1c826ca6d 9 National Diet 1 /feed/2025/07/20/japanese-citizens-vote-for-125-of-the-248-members-of-the-house-of-councillors-the-upper-house-of-the-national-diet Japanese citizens vote for 125 of the 248 members of the House of Councillors, the upper house of the National Diet. /feed/2026/07/17/japan-s-national-diet-amends-the-imperial-household-law-to-allow-unmarried-male-descendants-of-former-imperial-branches AFP via ABS-CBN News 17 0bbaf93a03448e251325213c1545ce15b63a45f7 7 https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/7/17/japan-imperial-rules-tweaked-but-still-no-woman-emperor-1151 2026 Japan's National Diet amends the Imperial Household Law to allow unmarried male descendants of former imperial branches to rejoin the family and permit royal women to retain status after marrying commoners, while preserving male-only succession.