Adopt-a-Prince Plan: Why Japan is running out of royals. Inside country’s deepening imperial crisis

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As Japan’s imperial family faces a critical shortage of heirs, parliament is advancing a plan to adopt distant male relatives from wartime branches. Discover why conservative leaders favor commoner adoptions over a historic shift to allow a female empress.

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