House of Representatives Speaker Mori and LDP Vice President Aso held talks to discuss the progress of upcoming negotiations regarding the stable succession of the Imperial Throne, which are set to begin next week.

The Speakers of Japan's House of Representatives and House of Councillors are set to meet this week to discuss how to proceed with debates on stable imperial succession.

A potential female prime minister in Japan is reportedly against changing the imperial succession law, which currently restricts the throne to male members of the imperial family.

Speakers of Japan's House of Representatives and House of Councillors met to discuss stable imperial succession, agreeing to swiftly begin consultations among party representatives from April onwards to consolidate legislative consensus.

Japanese political leaders, including LDP's Aso and Kobayashi, met with Speaker Mori to initiate cross-party discussions aimed at forming a consensus on a stable imperial succession system.

Japan's Prime Minister has voiced opposition to any alterations to the country's tradition of male-only imperial succession.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi has voiced opposition to any changes that would alter the male-only imperial succession system in Japan.

The panel has proposed having female imperial family members keep their status after marriage, and adopting male members from the paternal line of former imperial family branches.

"The imperial throne has never been inherited by people from the maternal line," the prime minister said during a parliamentary meeting.

Japanese politician Sanae Takaichi has voiced opposition to proposed changes in the imperial succession rules that would allow women, such as Emperor Naruhito's daughter Princess Aiko, to ascend the throne.