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Japan is running out of royals. So why won’t it let women become emperor?

By Hanako Montgomery, Junko Ogura, Chris Lau, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Japan may have its first ever female prime minister, but her government’s attempts to avoid a royal succession crisis are making the chances of a woman taking the imperial throne ever slimmer. With just three eligible heirs to th...

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