Under the current law, a succession would become difficult in the future.

We agreed that from next meeting we will proceed with putting together a report that recommends expanding imperial succession to include females and their descendants.

This would be a new experience for the Japanese. I hope the proposal will receive wide public support and contribute to stable imperial succession.

Since there are issues that are oriented to the future, we welcome the opportunity for a frank exchange of opinions,

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually committed

There is no law of progress. Our future is in our own hands, to make or to mar. It will be an uphill fight to the end, and would we have it otherwise? Let no one suppose that evolution will ever exempt us from struggles. 'You forget,' said the Devil, with a chuckle, 'that I have been evolving too.