Originally expected to make an official announcement next summer about the timing of Emperor Akihito's abdication and the start of the new era, the government may reveal details as early as September, informed sources said. The government believes moving up the timing of the announcement ...
Officials in the former Imperial capitals of Kyoto and Nara are looking to invite Emperor Akihito to hold important ceremonies or stay for long periods in their prefectures after his expected abdication. An association comprising officials from Kyoto prefectural and city governments, as well as ...
The Imperial family's future is endangered by the male-only paternal lineage succession rules, yet the Abe administration is taking no action.
A petition drive by a small Kyoto-based political group requesting that Emperor Akihito move to Kyoto upon his abdication had drawn over 10,000 signatures as of Friday. The campaign by Kyoto Party comes just a few days after Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa said the city ...
Like the nation's population as a whole, the Imperial family is shrinking, and the succession rules are accelerating the process.
A group of calendar makers told the government Wednesday they will suffer huge financial losses if the new era name to be adopted after the abdication of Emperor Akihito is not announced before January, saying they will have difficulty moving forward for the following ...
Crown Prince Naruhito said on Tuesday he will devote himself "heart and soul" to his job as emperor, just days after a law was enacted allowing his father to abdicate, which would be the first such abdication in two centuries. Emperor Akihito, 83, who has ...
The enactment of the abdication law for Emperor Akihito draws positive reactions from the public, including fond memories of encounters with the 83-year-old monarch.
The Diet enacts a special law allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate, shifting public attention to the date for the rare event.
An abdication bill drafted strictly for Emperor Akihito cleared the House of Representatives on Friday, setting the stage for its passage by the Diet on June 9. Thanks to a consensus reached by the political parties ahead of time, the Lower House approved the legislation ...
The Lower House Steering Committee greenlights a one-time bill to let Emperor Akihito abdicate, paving the way for passage by the chamber.
The Democratic Party has released its draft of a Diet resolution to attach to the bill for Emperor Akihito's abdication. The draft resolution, released Wednesday ahead of Diet deliberations on the bill, urges the government to consider letting female members of the Imperial family establish ...
