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Japanese → English transcript
Chairperson. Ms. Renhō.
Yes. I am very grateful that you are willing to wait for the Diet’s report,
but on the other hand,
there is also the contradiction of loudly putting forward two proposals as campaign
pledges in the general election.
Finally, just to confirm, public opinion is sixty percent, seventy percent,
eighty percent in favor of recognizing Princess Aiko as emperor.
There are also voices in favor of accepting a female emperor.
Prime Minister, is there any possibility that you will move forward with legal
revisions to allow a female emperor? Yes, then lastly, Prime Minister
Sanae Takaichi. We are out of time, I am sorry.
Well, uh, to discuss in concrete terms the imperial succession from the era of His
Imperial Highness Prince Hisahito onward, um, given the current situation,
uh, the time is, uh, not yet ripe. And, well, it could actually,
uh, be considered something that would destabilize the imperial succession instead,
uh, and so, Well, the, uh, report of the Panel of Experts also, uh,
on the assumption that His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty the current emperor,
and, uh, His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Akishino, and that in the next
generation, uh, His Imperial Highness Prince Hisahito exists as the eligible heir,
states that, uh, this line of imperial succession, uh, must not be shaken.
That is how it is set out. And also, well,
it says that it was proposed that, uh, Naishinnō and, uh,
Joō retain their imperial family status even after marriage, and the government, uh,
respects this report of the Panel of Experts,
but this is something we would like the Diet to debate, and then, well,
to indicate its will to the government, and, uh, on that basis,
to move forward with legal codification, and I believe that would lead to
submitting a draft bill.
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Original transcript (Japanese)
委員長。 はい。国会の報告を待っていただけるというのは大変ありがたいんですけれども、一方で総選 挙の公約で2案を高々と掲げている矛盾というのもあります。 最後に確認なんですが、世論は6割、7割、8割、愛子天皇を認めるという声があります。女 性天皇容認とも。 総理は女性天皇への法改正へ歩みを進めるということはありますか? あの、えー、悠仁親王殿下の時代以降の皇位継承について具体的に、えー、議論するには、ま あ、現状が、えー、機が熟していない。
で、まあ、かえって、えー、皇位継承を不安定化させるとも考えられると、えー、いうことで 、 あの、まあ、有識者会議の報告も、えー、今上陛下、今上陛下、秋篠宮、えー、皇嗣殿下、 で、次世代の、えー、皇位継承、えー、資格者として悠仁親王殿下がいらっしゃることを前提 に、 この皇位継承の流れを、えー、ゆるがせにしてはならないと、えー、こうなっております。 で、また、あの、内親王、えー、女王が婚姻後も皇族の身分を保持することが提案されたとい うことで、この有識者会議の報告書を、えー、政府としては尊重しておりますが、
でもこれは国会でご議論いただいて、まあ、政府にその意思をお示しいただいて、まあ、その 上で、えー、法制化を進めると、
