Japanese → English transcript
Ms. Renhō. Yes.
I am very grateful that you are willing to wait for the report to the Diet,
but on the other hand there is also the contradiction that in your general election
pledges you have loudly put forward two different proposals.
Finally, just to confirm, public opinion is sixty,
seventy, even eighty percent in favor of recognizing Princess Aiko as emperor.
In other words, in favor of allowing a female emperor.
Is there any possibility that you, Prime Minister,
will move forward with legal revisions toward allowing a female emperor?
Yes, then lastly, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
We are out of time, I am sorry. Well, to have specific discussions
about the imperial succession from the time of Prince Hisahito onward,
the present situation is, well, not yet ripe.
And so, well, it can also be thought that it would actually make the imperial
succession more unstable.
So, um, well, the report of the panel of experts also states that,
assuming His Majesty the Emperor,
His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Akishino,
and as a next- generation eligible heir to the throne His Imperial Highness
Prince Hisahito are present, on that premise, we must not allow this line of
imperial succession to be shaken— that is how it is set out. And then, also,
um, it was proposed that inner princesses and princesses would
retain their status as members of the Imperial Family even after marriage,
and, while the government respects this panel of experts’ report,
it is for the Diet to deliberate on it, and, well, to indicate its will to
the government, and then, on that basis,
we would move forward with legislation, that is,
it would be a matter of submitting a bill.
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Original transcript (Japanese)
蓮舫さん。 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? はい、では最後に高市早苗内閣総理大臣。
時間ですね、すいません。 で、まあかえって皇位継承を不安定化させるとも考えられると。 いうことで、あの、まあ有識者会議の報告も、今上陛下、秋篠宮皇嗣殿下、で、次世代の皇位 継承資格者として いうことで、あの、まあ有識者会議の報告も、今上陛下、秋篠宮皇嗣殿下、で、次世代の皇位 継承資格者として で、また、あの、内親王、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、 まあその上で法制化を進めると、法律案を提出するということになろうかと存じます。 まあその上で法制化を進めると、法律案を提出するということになろうかと存じます。
