Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration may use bipartisan bills to enable 82-year-old Emperor Akihito to retire, rather than legislation sponsored by the government, lawmakers in the administration said. The idea is being floated among members of the administration on the premise that support for ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is suggesting there will be no deadline for discussions by an envisaged panel of experts on Emperor Akihito’s possible abdication. “Rather than setting a deadline, I first want to hear opinions from various people in a calm atmosphere,” Abe told ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce plans for a panel to discuss Emperor Akihito’s abdication when he delivers a policy speech for the extraordinary Diet session to be convened on Sept. 26, a government source said Thursday. The government has decided to seek expert ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday sounded negative about the idea of starting a discussion about Japan having a female Emperor, as he hopes to prioritize the handling of Emperor Akihito’s desire to abdicate. “We’d like to give our thoughts to the Emperor’s anxieties ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday the government is likely to seek expert views before deciding on its response to 82-year-old Emperor Akihito’s speech last month in which he indicated a readiness to abdicate. Amid speculation special legislation is being envisioned to enable the ...
Prince Hisahito, third in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, turned 10 on Tuesday amid heightened interest in the Imperial Household system after his 82-year-old grandfather, Emperor Akihito, indicated last month his readiness to abdicate in the future. The son of Princess Kiko and Prince ...
Special legislation to allow the abdication of only Emperor Akihito may come before discussing more complicated permanent amendments to the Imperial House Law.
Emperor Akihito's choice of words and presentation speak volumes about how the relationship between the Imperial family and the people of Japan has evolved since his father's address to the nation in 1945.
In an unprecedented prerecorded video message to the nation, Emperor Akihito expressed concern about how his advanced age is affecting the performance of his public duties.
The obvious route to allowing Emperor Akihito's abdication would involve amending the Imperial Household Law, not constitutional change.
Ruling Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight Toshihiro Nikai, the party’s secretary-general, voiced support for allowing a woman to ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne, calling the ban on female emperors “strange” and “out of date.” Under the Imperial House Law, women are currently not allowed to ...
Could the Emperor's raising of the issue of possible abdication be a move designed to stave off constitutional revision?
