Japan has revised its laws to prevent the world's oldest hereditary monarchy from running out of heirs. But they have left in place a ban on female emperors, an idea which most Japanese support.

Japan’s parliament has enacted a historic revision to the 19th-century Imperial House Law by insisting only paternal-lineage males can become emperor ...

For the first time since 1949, Japan has updated its Imperial House Law to expand the number of eligible members of the Japanese royal family, but the new rule continues to exclude women. Princess ...

Tokyo has framed this move as a meaningful accomplishment in strengthening supply-chain resilience and diversifying Japan's ...

Built on an extremely narrow site in central Tokyo, this 50sqm L-shaped tiny house transforms a difficult urban footprint ...

Japan’s ultra-small buildings are leaving viewers stunned as this video explores how tiny homes and narrow structures became completely legal — and surprisingly practical. From bizarre architecture to ...

YOU HEAD TO NULU. I KNOW THAT THERE’S ONE VOTER IN ONE PRECINCT OUTSIDE OF WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. THAT HAS TO BE CORRECTED. BUT FIRST, OFFICIALS UNCOVER A MAJOR ERROR IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION, AND NOW ...

A committee of Japan’s lower house passed a bill banning the desecration of the national flag, highlighting Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s efforts to win over the growing ranks of conservative voters ...

Here's a number that might make you put down that second donut: In the United States, around 40 percent of all adults are considered obese. In Japan, the obesity rate is only one-tenth of that. We're ...

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