STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The United States and Japan took steps together to hold up the value of Japan's currency. I've got a yen to hear from NPR's Anthony Kuhn. ANTHONY KUHN, BYLINE: Last Friday, the U.S. and Japanese governments cooperated in selling billi... See more
AILSA CHANG, HOST: By law, no woman can become emperor of Japan. And the country, which is the oldest continuous monarchy in the world, is running out of heirs. Japan's parliament has voted to revise the law that governs who can take the throne, but lawma... See more
Japan revises law on royals, keeps blocking women from throne Japan's upper house of parliament has voted to pass controversial revisions to a law governing who can inherit the throne in the world's oldest continuous hereditary monarchy, just days after t... See more
Japan revises law to ensure supply of (male) heirs to the imperial throne Japan's upper house of parliament has voted to pass controversial revisions to a law governing who can inherit the throne in the world's oldest continuous hereditary monarchy, just ... See more
Japan's upper house of parliament has voted to pass controversial revisions to a law governing who can inherit the throne in the world's oldest continuous hereditary monarchy, just days after the lower house of parliament voted it through. The revision's ... See more
