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69% Support Empress Reforms Amid Princess Aiko's Rise
12/20/2025
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Story summary
- A Yomiuri Shimbun poll shows 69% favor revising Imperial Household Law to allow a woman to become empress, with 24% undecided and 7% opposed.
- Observers say Princess Aiko's emergence on the international stage boosts confidence in her potential as a future monarch.
- Hiromi Murakami, a political science professor, says conservatives are increasingly accepting of an empress.
