The survey by BMG Research on behalf of The Independent found 46 per cent of Britons want the first in line to the throne to abdicate immediately to allow the Duke of Cambridge to take the throne.
Japan is currently considering legal changes to allow the emperor to abdicate.
Emperor Akihito of Japan Plans to Abdicate Throne, Broadcaster Says "",200 TOKYO — For the first time in nearly two centuries, an emperor of Japan has said that he will abdicate the throne before he dies.
Embrace power, don't abdicate.
