10,000 people rally to preserve male-line imperial succession

TOKYO, Japan - Some 10,000 people, including 86 lawmakers and academics, shout ''banzai'' at the end of a rally held at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on March 7 to oppose a proposal to allow women and their descendants to ascend to Japan's imperial throne. They cited the importance to preserve the tradition of the world's oldest hereditary monarchy. (Kyodo)

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