Longevity of the Imperial House of Japan:

Males can marry commoners and keep their titles.

This is only for females. Considering that even members of other branches of their Imperial family and Shimazu men (a 900 years old Ducal House) are considered commoners, it is expected that every Japanese princess that marries becomes a commoner.

>>1874562
Thank you for the clarification, that certainly puts my mind at ease. Though, I personally think they should reinstate the Kazoku, rather than it being simply de facto respect.

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>>1874499
They've been going for 2600 years, I'm pretty sure they'll be fine.

>>1874499
Non commoner means not from a noble family. It doesn't mean they have to marry inside the imperial family. I'm sure there are still some samurai families going on in name at least. They can marry those.

Anyway they have or will just adapt and start marrying commoners.

>>1874769
Not really.
Look at the sisters of the current Emperor who married.

Eldest Sister: married a member of the cadet line of the Imperial family. After the new Constitution, became a commoner.
2nd married Sister: married the son of a Duke whose family were court nobles of the highest ranking
3rd married sister: married the son of a Marquis
4th sister: married a count of the Shimazu family (the oldest extant warrior house of Japan).

So, basically, his sisters married: cadet Imperial family, highest court noble family and Shimazu (oldest Ducal family in Japan). And they were all considered commoners.

The interesting thing would be if a Japanese princess married a foreign prince.

>>1874499
>>1875994
I heard they were thinking about changing this rule

Not really related, but I believe a Japanese prince was going to marry a Hawaiian Princess before the annexation. I wonder how that would've worked out title wise had it gone through. Would that make her a commoner once the monarchy was deposed or would it be considered a government in exile?

Adoption like most of the House's history i would assume.

My girlfriend is Japanese and she reckons that they're gonna change the laws regarding the Imperial Family. That way the current Emperor can legally retire... but also a whole bunch of other funky shit. Like opening up the possibility for female Emperors.
That been said, she's also kind of a political retarded. Can anybody elaborate on this?

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>>1876598
>asking a woman about politics

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>>1877230
>letting Germans govern themselves

>>1876598
Emperors have known to retire before, and historically this was not just in exceptional cases. As the emperor was a powerful symbol, it was important for administrators and regents to keep young emperors on the throne to exploit their authority before they try to exert change themselves. Once they're old enough, they were strongly advised to retire.
Often, if there was not regent and the Emperor was still young enough, it would be possible for his mother to act as his regent. So there have been a few powerful Empresses in Japanese history.