旧宮家の男系養子可能に 女性皇族、結婚後も身分保持―改正皇室典範施行

皇居と東京都心部皇族数確保に向けた改正皇室典範が２４日、施行された。 Japan's revised Imperial House Law came into effect Saturday, allowing male, paternal-line descendants of former Imperial Family branches to be adopted into the Imperial Family, and female Imperial Family members to remain within the family after marriage.