Roughly speaking A bill to revise the Imperial House Law, which includes measures to secure the number of members of the imperial family, was approved at the plenary session of the House of Representatives. The bill was passed by the House of Representatives with a majority of support from the ruling party, the Centrist Reform Alliance, the Democratic Party of Japan, and the Participating Parties. The bill will be debated in the House of Councilors next week and is expected to be passed in the current Diet session. Read article