Some 38.2% of respondents to a monthly opinion poll back parliament¡¯s proposal for two measures to secure a sufficient number of imperial family members.?
The lower and upper chambers of parliament on June 10 adopted the proposal as a consensus of the legislative branch at a meeting of representatives of 13 parties and parliamentary groups.
The consensus approves the measures of allowing female imperial family members to retain their status after marriage and allowing male-line descendants of former imperial family branches to be adopted into the family. The government will draft a bill to revise the Imperial House Law, based on the consensus.
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