- Crown Prince Akishino said he has "mixed feelings" about the new male-only succession rule, while noting he believes men and women can equally serve imperial roles.
- The revision bars daughters like popular Princess Aiko from the throne, keeping the line to Akishino and then his nephew Prince Hisahito.
- The change sparked public outrage as sexist and anachronistic, raising worries about a shrinking imperial family and controversial fixes like adopting distant male paternal relatives to produce heirs.
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