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  "id": 16274254,
  "title": "Revised law to maintain Japan’s imperial family size takes effect",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/revised-law-to-maintain-japans-imperial-family-size-takes-effect",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T03:30:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3371993/revised-law-maintain-japans-imperial-family-size-takes-effect"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A revised Imperial House Law took effect on Saturday to address Japan’s shrinking imperial family while retaining the traditional male-only succession system despite public support for female emperors. The legislation, enacted in July in the first major revision of the 1947 law, allows the imperial family to adopt males aged 15 or older from 11 former imperial branch families who are descended…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Nippon.com News",
        "title": "Japan's Revised Imperial House Law Comes into Effect",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/japans-revised-imperial-house-law-comes-into-effect",
        "published": "2026-10-23T15:21:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "News On Japan",
        "title": "Revised Imperial House Law Takes Effect",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/revised-imperial-house-law-takes-effect",
        "published": "2026-10-23T23:41:57.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Mainichi",
        "title": "Japan's revised law to maintain imperial family size takes effect",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/japans-revised-law-to-maintain-imperial-family-size-takes-effect",
        "published": "2026-10-24T02:15:12.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}