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Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 10:43:07 JST Minoru Saba

"#Japan has lodged a protest with a UN human rights watchdog that called for reviewing a domestic law that limits imperial succession to male heirs on the emperor's father side"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241030/p2g/00m/0na/018000c
🔸Seems ironic that "conservatives" claim "tradition/history" for their misogynistic stance which threatens an institution they presumably want to preserve, when "female reigns came to be officially prohibited only when the Imperial Household Law was issued in 1889"🤔
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_of_Japan
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  TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan has lodged a protest with a U.N. human rights watchdog that called for reviewing a domestic law that limits imperial succession
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  Empress of Japan
  
  The empress of Japan is the title given to the wife of the Emperor of Japan or a female ruler in her own right. The current empress consort is Empress Masako, who ascended the throne with her husband on 1 May 2019. Empress regnant Titles Josei Tennō (女性天皇, lit. "female heavenly emperor") or Jotei (女帝, lit. "female emperor") – Because there is no feminine equivalent to king and emperor in East Asian languages, different titles are used for female monarchs and female consorts. Josei Tennō refers only to an empress regnant of Japan, and Jotei refers to an empress regnant of any countries. Tennō (天皇, lit. "heavenly emperor") or Kōtei (皇帝, lit. "emperor") – Unlike European languages, in East Asia, the titles of female monarchs can also be abbreviated as "king" or "emperor", much like their male counterparts. However, to avoid confusion with male monarchs, they are usually referred to as "female king" or "female emperor"....

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