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100			_aJoyce, Colin,
245		0	_aNo Male Heir Is Apparent, So Japan Shifting. _cColin Joyce.
260			_bLos Angeles Times, _c2004.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2005. _nArticle 33, _pGlobal Issues, _x1522-3221;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
500			_aOriginally Published: No Male Heir Is Apparent, So Japan Shifting, May 28, 2004; pp. n.p..
520			_a"'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."
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aEmperors _zJapan
650			_aEmpresses
651			_aJapan _xPolitics and government
651			_aJapan _xRoyal family
650			_aJapanese _xAttitudes
650			_aKings and rulers _xSuccession
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2005, _pGlobal Issues. _x1522-3221;
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