4月，天皇德仁、皇后雅子与其他皇室成员在东京赤坂御用地的春季园游会上走下山坡迎接宾客。
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako with other imperial family members walk down a hill to greet guests during the spring garden party at the Akasaka Palace's imperial garden in Tokyo in April.
旨在解决皇室成员人数减少问题的日本修订版《皇室典范》于周六生效。
Japan’s revised Imperial House Law, which aims to address the declining number of imperial family members, came into effect Saturday.
该修改允许前皇室分支的男系男性后裔被收养进入皇室，并允许女性皇室成员在结婚后留在皇室内。
The change allows male, paternal-line descendants of former imperial family branches to be adopted into the imperial family, and female imperial family members to remain within the family after marriage.
政府强调了新法的重要性，但挑战依然存在，包括女性成员及其丈夫和子女的地位差异。
The government has stressed the significance of the new law, but challenges remain, including differences in the status of female members and their husbands and children.