While that might seem the normal way of things, in fact it was something of a break with tradition — until then, all heirs to the throne had been born at home.

尽管在医院出生貌似很正常，但事实上这是一种与传统的决裂，在那之前，所有的王位继承人都在家中出生。

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A debate about whether or not a woman would be able to ascend the throne was triggered in 2006 when the emperor had no grandsons, but was postponed after a boy was born to the imperial family.

2006年，因天皇没有孙子而展开了关于女性能否继承皇位的争论。皇室有男孩降生后，争论得以搁置。

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The American-born son of a half-Chinese commoner accidentally inherits a throne close to extinction and revives it, creating one of the world's most powerful and wealthy monarchies, and surely the only one of any significance to have gained in political power in modern times.

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