Conservatives have largely dropped a fiercely-held opposition to a woman assuming Japan's throne as empress. But critics say their proposals could still rule out a female head of the world's oldest hereditary monarchy.
Conservatives have largely dropped their fiercely-held opposition to a woman assuming Japan's throne, but critics say their proposals could still rule out a female head of the world's oldest hereditary monarchy.
Conservatives have largely dropped their fiercely-held opposition to a woman assuming Japan's throne, but critics say their proposals could still rule out a female head of the world's oldest hereditary monarchy.
TOKYO (The Straits Times/ANN): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is fighting an uphill battle to win the public's compliance with Covid-19 measures, even as an expert panel said on Thursday (Aug 12) that the spiralling infections in Tokyo were nearly beyond containment.
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