by Keith_McClary » Fri 18 Nov 2005, 04:49:10
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('BabyPeanut', 'I')n related news
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')url=http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/columnists/view.bg?articleid=114594]As if postal reform, diplomatic arm wrestling with China and a nationalistic swerve toward militarism weren't significant enough, Japan now has an advisory panel recommending that an emperor's first child become heir to the throne regardless of gender. Thus, Princess Aiko -- now a 4-year-old -- could one day become empress. (link)[/url]
That's more progressive than the UK where they rank the male offspring first. Similarly in the US of A, George II's girls have no chance of becoming empresses.