A government panel discussing the Imperial succession decided Monday to propose allowing females and their descendants to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne.
Panelists agreed that the succession law should be changed to give the first-born child the right to ascend regardless of gender, said committee Chairman Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, a former University of Tokyo president.
The advisory panel has been meeting since January to study the succession issue and make recommendations as a shortage of male heirs threatens to trigger a crisis unless the Imperial House Law is changed.
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