The obvious solution would be to change the Imperial House Law so that a female could accede to the throne.

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Still, the Imperial House Law is just that, a law.

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The roots of the current succession problem go back to the 1947 Imperial House Law, which was written during the U.S. Occupation in the confused aftermath of World War II.

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But the drafters of the first Imperial House Law decided not to allow women to ascend the throne in order to preserve the single line that, according to legend, is descended from the sun goddess, Amaterasu Omikami.

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The Guggenheim and the Hermitage have a small joint museum in Las Vegas which will house an exhibition of Russian imperial clothing and jewellery as a complement to the New York show.

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In a summer full of recent reunions by the likes of Meat Puppets, Crowded House, The Police and The Spice Girls, Imperial Teen has also regrouped after a five-year gap.

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The 34.98-carat Beau Sancy diamond, the signature gem of the Prussian crown jewels, has made it through the last three turbulent centuries firmly in the hands of the House of Hohenzollern, the ruling dynasty of Prussia and, later, imperial Germany.

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The nearby pool house is a tall, pagoda-style structure modeled, in part, on the Katsura Imperial Villa in Japan, said Jeremy Fletcher, project manager for Dale Owen Overmyer Architects, which designed the compound.

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