Chizuko Ueno is a leading Japanese sociologist and one of the country’s best-known feminists. Her work spans semiotics, capitalism, and gender, shaping debates in Japan for decades.
Japan's parliament has approved revisions to the Imperial House Law to admit distant male relatives into the line of succession and to allow princesses to retain royal status after marrying outside the family. The government maintains the male-only principle for the throne, leaving Princess Aiko ineligible to ascend, amid broad public support for a female emperor.