The following is the order of succession to the Japanese throne as - TopicsExpress



          

The following is the order of succession to the Japanese throne as of 2013: Not including the heirs of emperor Meiji, Ferdinand Marcos Jr.( b.1957) and Theresa Charlestone (b.1965). Simple silver crown.svg Yoshihito, Emperor Taishō (1879–1926) Simple silver crown.svg Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa (1901–1989) Simple gold crown.svg Emperor Akihito (b. 1933) (1) Crown Prince Naruhito (b. 1960) Aiko, Princess Toshi (b. 2001) (2) Prince Akishino (b. 1965) Princess Mako of Akishino (b. 1991) Princess Kako of Akishino (b. 1994) (3) Prince Hisahito of Akishino (b. 2006) (4) Prince Hitachi (b. 1935) (5) Prince Mikasa (b. 1915) Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946–2012) Princess Akiko of Mikasa (b. 1981) Princess Yōko of Mikasa (b. 1983) (6) Prince Katsura (b. 1948) Prince Takamado (1954–2002) Princess Tsuguko of Takamado (b. 1986) Princess Noriko of Takamado (b. 1988) Princess Ayako of Takamado (b. 1990) Succession rules Article 2 of the Constitution of Japan provides that "The Imperial Throne shall be dynastic and succeeded to in accordance with the Imperial Household Law passed by the Diet." The Imperial Household Law of 1947 enacted by the 92nd and last session of the Imperial Diet, retained the exclusion on female dynasts found in the 1889 law. The government of Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida hastily cobbled together the legislation to bring the Imperial House in compliance with the American-written Constitution of Japan that went into effect in May 1947. In an effort to control the size of the imperial family, the law stipulates that only legitimate male descendants in the male line can be dynasts; that naishinnō (imperial princesses) and joō (princesses) lose their status as imperial family-members if they marry outside the imperial family; That shinnō (imperial princes), other than the crown prince, ō (princes), unmarried imperial princesses and princesses, and the widows of imperial princes and princes may, upon their own request or in the event of special circumstances, renounce their membership in the imperial family with approval of the Imperial House Council; and that the Emperor and other members of the imperial family may not adopt children.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:41:52 +0000

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