Even before becoming emperor, the 59-year-old Naruhito faced issues over his own heir in the male-only succession.
By Simon Denyer Simon Denyer Tokyo bureau chief covering Japan, North Korea and South Korea. Email Bio Follow April 30 at 9:33 PM TOKYO — Japan’s Chrysanthemum Throne has a new occupant.
But his own family is a constant reminder of the gender inequality at the heart of the conservative imperial system. In a further sign of entrenched attitudes and traditions, female members of the imperial family were not invited to attend Wednesday’s ceremony. They will be there later in the day when Naruhito was scheduled to make a brief speech.Dressed in a tailcoat, Naruhito stood in front of the throne.
After Naruhito, the imperial family has only one young male heir — his 12-year-old nephew, Hisahito — and the government says it will soon reconsider the question of whether to allow women to inherit the throne to save the succession. “He is clearly a man who is respectful of strong women and a family man who adores his daughter,” said Shihoko Goto, a senior associate at the Wilson Center’s Asia Program. “Yet one of the biggest challenges he will face as soon as he is enthroned will be the question of succession.”“His only child will not be able to succeed him precisely because she is a girl,” she said.
“He needs to come out from under the very long shadow of Akihito. And I think he’s going to make climate change his signature issue,” said Jeff Kingston of Tokyo’s Temple University. “He has indicated that the monarchy must shift with the changing times, with the changing wind. His view is the monarchy isn’t just the state repository of tradition, but that it needs to remain relevant.”
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