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Japan Enshrines Male-Only Imperial Succession

Japan Enshrines Male-Only Imperial Succession

Japan passed deeply unpopular revisions surrounding imperial succession that allows only males to ascend to emperor, snubbing the popular Japanese Princess Aiko from becoming empress. What do you think?

“You’d think a 1,500-year-old monarchy could get with the times.”

Lexa Klingenhofer, Systems Analyst

“A frickin’ chick emperor? Actually, that sounds kind of cool.”

Dirk Harles, Mulch Spreader

“Women should start their own Japanese monarchy.”

Jack Meyers, Part-Time Calligrapher

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