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.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4327x2885+0+0/resize/4327x2885!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5a%2F10%2F47a4ee14413f879cdd72dd339d34%2Fgettyimages-2254321285.jpg' alt='Japan's Emperor Naruhito leaves following a ceremony to proclaim his enthronement to the world at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in 2019.'/><p>A popular princess drives support for having a female Japanese Emperor. But the country's first female prime minister opposes it.</p><p>(Image credit: Tomohiro Ohsumi)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-133536' />