who will become the Japanese emperor in a "King Ralph" situation?

[KathyMoore]

who will become the Japanese emperor in a "King Ralph" situation?

Thanks! :)

[kimebear]

The current line of succession is:

HIH Crown Prince Naruhito (Emperor Akihito's oldest son)
HIH Prince Akishino (Emperor Akihito's youngest son)
HIH Prince Hisahito (Prince Akishino's son)
HIH Prince Hitachi (Emperor Akihito's younger brother)
HIH Prince Mikasa (Emperor Showa's youngest brother)
HIH Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (Prince Mikasa's eldest son)
HIH Prince Katsura (Prince Mikasa's second son)

The only other options after this line are to either:

Establish Equal Primogeniture and allow women to be included in the line of succession (which would be helpful considering how many princesses there are)

or

Re-establish some of the junior branches of the Imperial Family that were demoted after World War II (Asaka, Fushimi, Higashi-Fushimi, Higashi-kuni, Kan'in, Kaya, Kitashirakawa, Kuni, Nashimoto, Takeda, and Yamashina).

[serenissima]

Originally Posted by kimebear

The current line of succession is:

HIH Crown Prince Naruhito (Emperor Akihito's oldest son)
HIH Prince Akishino (Emperor Akihito's youngest son)
HIH Prince Hisahito (Prince Akishino's son)
HIH Prince Hitachi (Emperor Akihito's younger brother)
HIH Prince Mikasa (Emperor Showa's youngest brother)
HIH Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (Prince Mikasa's eldest son)
HIH Prince Katsura (Prince Mikasa's second son)

The only other options after this line are to either:

Establish Equal Primogeniture and allow women to be included in the line of succession (which would be helpful considering how many princesses there are)

or

Re-establish some of the junior branches of the Imperial Family that were demoted after World War II (Asaka, Fushimi, Higashi-Fushimi, Higashi-kuni, Kan'in, Kaya, Kitashirakawa, Kuni, Nashimoto, Takeda, and Yamashina).

I doubt that the majority of the Japanese public will welcome this idea of re-establishing the old Miya-kés. It will be a natural progress to abolish the current "Ko****su Tempan" or the Imperial Household Law and place HIH Princess Aiko to the position of the heiress presumptive. HIH Prince Tomohito, the eldest son of HIH Prince Takahito, the Prince of Mikasa, suggests that the Imperial House of Japan may revive the ancient tradition of the imperail concubinage in order for the Toh-gu-san or the Crown Prince of Japan to produce a male heir. However, this idea seems as if his personal opinion to legitimatise his own fantasy.