Premierministerin Sanae Takaichi sagte, sie halte es für angemessen, die kaiserliche Nachfolge Japans auf männliche Erben aus der väterlichen Linie der kaiserlichen Familie zu beschränken.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/28/japan/politics/takaichi-males-imperial-succession/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#Echobox=1772320467
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i support it on the basis that women cannot be pm as well. damn rich lady
This whole idea of an unbroken lineage is bullshit anyway, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Momozono
died without an heir and a cadet branch became the new imperial family after a hasty “adoption” and that was less than 250 years ago. It’s just performative nonsense.
Edit: should also add that his predecessor, Go-Sakuramachi was his aunt(a woman obviously) and she abdicated in 1771, 255 years ago. Thats not all that long ago for an ostensibly ancient tradition.
Yeah fuck off you hypocrite fascist
Loooooooooser
I wonder why Sanae didn’t just propose a „let go with a republic“ anyway?
Better bring back concubinage as well, then. It’s not really sustainable to rely on a neverending y-chromosome line unless you give the blokes the chance to spread their seed in a serious way, a la Genghis Khan.
The continuation of the traditional „Ie“ (family) system is limited to a small segment of society—old farming families, practitioners of traditional performing arts, former nobility, wealthy merchant lineages, and high-ranking samurai families. These groups, perhaps making up only about 5% of the population, are the only ones with a pressing, personal motive to maintain the Emperor system, which sits at the pinnacle of this structure.
Why, then, are the remaining 95% of the people so compliant? The reason lies in the long, stable feudal society of the Edo period, during which the upper classes did not create extreme levels of oppressive rule or wealth disparity. Furthermore, as the Japanese proverb „the nail that sticks out gets hammered down“ suggests, anyone who becomes too prominent or self-assertive is envied and suppressed. Consequently, Japan lacks a culture where individuals feel free to audaciously pursue only their own self-interest while disregarding others.
Love when women strive for power just to be like ‚Women shouldn’t have power‘.
But ok for a woman to be prime minister? What a hypocrite
Takaichi never said she doesn’t want female emperors. She’s talking about female lineage. A lot of people don’t seem to know the difference between the two.