¡Gomanism Sengen Special: Aiko Tenno Ron
¡Kobayashi Yoshinori
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[Machine Translation] In recent years, the number of members of the Imperial Family has continued to decline. The symbolic emperor system is widely established among the people, but if this problem is left unaddressed, the very existence of the Imperial Family system could be in jeopardy. Nevertheless, the debate over how to ensure a stable succession to the Imperial Throne has not progressed at all. As if to break the deadlock, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the Diet in January 2023 that the issue would be discussed under the chairmanship of both the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors. At the party congress the following month, he strongly insisted that "the Diet will proceed with its deliberations on an issue that cannot be postponed," and there are signs that the debate over the stable succession to the throne is about to get underway again. However, this issue has already been concluded in the final report issued in the mid-2000s by a panel of experts set up by then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's administration to revise the Imperial Household Law. Female emperors and matrilineal emperors are allowed. Priority in the order of succession to the throne shall be given to the first child, regardless of gender. Male spouses of female emperors and female members of the Imperial Family will also be considered members of the Imperial Family (the establishment of a female imperial family will be permitted). At this time, the debate was dropped when Princess Noriko Akishino became pregnant with Princess Eugene, and the bill that received the report was not submitted. However, the birth of Prince Eugene did not solve the problem of a stable succession to the throne. This is because, although the system could be maintained for many years because about half of the 126 generations of emperors were the children of "side retainers," it is impossible to revive the system today, which was virtually abolished in the reign of Emperor Taisho, and an increase in one member of the Imperial Family will not lead to a stable succession to the throne. Why, then, was the debate dropped? The reason is that the "self-proclaimed conservatives," who insist on a male line of succession, backed the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and suppressed the debate. The "Conservatives for the Male Lineage," who say that the eight female emperors of the past ten generations were merely "successors," have been treating the male descendants of former emperors who left the imperial family in 1947 (Showa 22) as "quasi-emperors," and have been, as a matter of course, forbidding them to do so under the Imperial Household Ordinance. In fact, they are planning to adopt a child from the current Imperial Family, which is prohibited by the Imperial Household Law, so that the child will eventually be united with His Imperial Highness Princess Aiko, the Crown Princess. This is a scheme that disregards the wishes of Princess Aiko, and above all, it constitutes discrimination based on "family origin," as stipulated by Article 14 of the Constitution (equality under the law). Furthermore, the "adherents of the male lineage," who consider themselves conservative, claim that there are multiple male descendants of the former imperial family, and some of them have testified that they are "prepared for any emergency" and that they would come forward themselves if there was a crisis that could sever the imperial line. The Kyodo News reported that the president of the Imperial Household Ministry had been in power since March 2021. According to a public opinion poll conducted by Kyodo News in March-April 2021, more than 80% of respondents approved of a female or female-headed emperor. Who is obstinately preventing it despite this? ......? Kobayashi has published a series of books, including "Gomanism Manifesto Special: The Emperor Theory" (Shogakukan, June 2009), "The New Emperor Theory" (Shogakukan, October 2010), "The Showa Emperor Theory" (Gentosha, March 2010), and "The Emperor Theory: The Year 2017" (Gentosha, February 2017), and has continued to deeply explore the emperor as a national entity itself. Manga artist Kobayashi Yoshinori, who has published a series of books including "Emperor Theory" (Gentosha=March 2010) and "Emperor Theory Heisei 29" (Gentosha=February 2017), has continued to deeply explore the Emperor as a national figure.
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