print email comment close Japan Debates Female Succession URL: http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4205427.stm Description: January 2005 news article about how "a Japanese government panel has started debating whether women could take the throne in response to a succession crisis in the Imperial Household" in which "a male heir has not been born since 1965." Includes links to related articles. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Extra Keywords inheritance hereditary gender monarch Library of Congress Subject Headings: Emperors -- Succession -- Japan Japan -- Royal family Women heads of state LII Database Information: Record 12646 created by Maria Brandt on 01/31/2005 Last modification on 02/01/2005 Published: 01/31/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/12646