Problems in generating male heirs to the Japanese throne are causing the government there to consider changing the laws of succession to allow for empresses as well as emperors. The much loved current Prince Naruhito and his wife Masako have only one child, a girl, and apparently there aren't any other males in the extended family under 40. Of course, Japanese culture is one of the most patriarchal in the modern developed world, so there will be plenty of opposition to this idea...
(via Echidne of the Snakes)
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