No Male Heir Is Apparent, So Japan Shifting. Colin Joyce.
by Joyce, Colin; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 33Global Issues. Publisher: Los Angeles Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Emperors -- Japan | Empresses | Japan -- Politics and government | Japan -- Royal family | Japanese -- Attitudes | Kings and rulers -- SuccessionDDC classification: 050 Summary: "'There is no doubt that Japan faces a succession crisis and must change the law to get around it,' said Hidehiko Kasahara, a law professor at Keio University. 'Long ago, there was a concubine system to provide male heirs, but that was abolished. Even if one of the princes does have a son, the same problem will probably occur again. Little by little, the principle of male succession has been undermined.'" (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article discusses Japan's changing attitude toward female monarchs, a pressing issue in a country with a tradition of male succession "which some believe dates back 2,600 years."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: No Male Heir Is Apparent, So Japan Shifting, May 28, 2004; pp. n.p..
"'There is no doubt that Japan faces a succession crisis and must change the law to get around it,' said Hidehiko Kasahara, a law professor at Keio University. 'Long ago, there was a concubine system to provide male heirs, but that was abolished. Even if one of the princes does have a son, the same problem will probably occur again. Little by little, the principle of male succession has been undermined.'" (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article discusses Japan's changing attitude toward female monarchs, a pressing issue in a country with a tradition of male succession "which some believe dates back 2,600 years."
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