Most Japanese support the creation of a permanent system to enable emperors to abdicate, a Kyodo News survey showed Monday, highlighting the public's aversion to a government plan to set up a one-off abdication law applicable only to Emperor Akihito.In a survey conducted among 3,000 people aged 18 or older, 68 percent of respondents said the Imperial House Law should be revised so as to enable future emperors to relinquish the Chrysanthemum throne.Just 25 percent said abdication should be legislated on a one-off basis. Four percent said Japan should not allow the abdication of its emperors …READ FULL ARTICLE
