And then there were three - Japan's shrinking pool of imperial heirs

Now that Japan has a new emperor, Naruhito, its imperial family will be left with just three heirs to the throne - one of whom is 83 - a situation likely to renew debate on the monarchy's males-only succession.

from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2UQBdPi

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Now that Japan has a new emperor, Naruhito, its imperial family will be left with just three heirs to the throne - one of whom is 83 - a situation likely to renew debate on the monarchy's males-only succession. <div class="feedflare"><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=bG3Sgu3bOb4:JGGL9JhNPEw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=bG3Sgu3bOb4:JGGL9JhNPEw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?i=bG3Sgu3bOb4:JGGL9JhNPEw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?a=bG3Sgu3bOb4:JGGL9JhNPEw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Reuters/worldNews?i=bG3Sgu3bOb4:JGGL9JhNPEw:V_sGLiPBpWU" /></a></div> <img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Reuters/worldNews/~4/bG3Sgu3bOb4" width="1" /><br /> <br /> from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2UQBdPi<br />