Bills on preservation of imperial family pass Lower House

The Lower House plenary session, which passed legislation on the dwindling number of imperial family members on Friday

By Kanako Takahara and Kenji Yoshida

The Lower House on Friday cleared a set of key bills that change the fate of the imperial family — allowing princesses to stay on after marriage and male members of former royal family branches to regain their status through adoption.

The passage of the pieces of legislation is a top priority for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, with her ruling coalition shelving a bill to reduce the number of parliamentary seats — a pet policy of the Japan Innovation Party (JIP), the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s junior coalition partner — to prioritize their passage.

The bills will now be deliberated in the Upper House, which is expected to clear them by July 17, the end of the current session of parliament.

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