A conservative group within Japan's major ruling party on Wednesday finalized proposals to allow men from now-abolished collateral branches of the imperial family to rejoin it, as part of measures to ensure stable succession.The proposals, to be submitted to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, were crafted as the number of successors to the Chrysanthemum Throne continues to dwindle.The 1947 Imperial House Law stipulates that only males of the patrilineage can ascend the throne. After the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito, the family now has only three heirs -- the emperor's younger brother, Crown Pri…READ FULL ARTICLE