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83% in Asahi poll support female accession to throne.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 31-DEC-01
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
TOKYO, Dec. 27 Kyodo

An overwhelming 83% of those polled support amending the law to enable female members of imperial family to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne, the Asahi Shimbun reported Thursday.

The newspaper said only 11% of respondents in the telephone poll conducted over the last weekend said only men should be allowed...

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