
Let’s turn to The Times (UK), a conservative tabloid. They share the opinion with The New York Times (US), a liberal broadsheet. Many Japanese think likewise. * Japan’s imperial family is dying out. * Tsuneyasu Takeda is a member of the former cadet branches. His outspokenness probably rules out his son getting adopted in the Family. * The simple answer would be to allow female succession. * Opponents object on the grounds that only men transmit the male Y-chromosome that has been passed down from Emperor Jimmu. Jimmu was descended from Amaterasu, goddess of the sun. * It seems only fair to many that women should have their turn in the sun again. #愛子


















