Original sentence: Adoption from other male-line branches of the Imperial Line is an age-old imperial Japanese tradition for dynastic purposes, prohibited only in modern times by Western influence.However, a government-appointed panel of experts submitted a report on October 25, 2005, recommending that the imperial succession law be amended to permit equal primogeniture.On January 24, 2005, the Japanese government announced that it would consider allowing the Crown Prince and Princess to adopt a male child, in order to avoid a possible "heir crisis".The child would presumably be adopted from one of the former imperial branches which lost imperial status after World War II
Edited sentence: Crown Prince Naruhito, the Emperor's eldest son (b.It has been suggested that the succession laws could be changed into an equal primogeniture system, allowing the line of succession to grow significantly.On October 25, 2005, the commission recommended amending the law to allow females in the male line of imperial descent to succeed to the throne.Prince Akishino, the Emperor's younger son (b.Prince Hisahito of Akishino, Prince Akishino's third child (b.Prince Hitachi, the Emperor's younger brother (b.Prince Katsura, Prince Mikasa's second son (b.Prince Mikasa, the Emperor's uncle (b.Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Prince Mikasa's eldest son (b.Princess Aiko, the Crown Prince's daughter (b.Princess Akiko, Prince Tomohito's eldest daughter (b.Princess Ayako, Prince Takamado's third daughter (b.Princess Kako of Akishino, Prince Akishino's second child (b.Princess Mako of Akishino, Prince Akishino's eldest child (b.Princess Noriko, Prince Takamado's second daughter (b.Princess Tsuguko, eldest daughter of the late Prince Takamado, Prince Mikasa's third son (b.Princess Yōko, Prince Tomohito's younger daughter, (b.See Japanese Imperial succession controversy.The order of succession would then become:.There is broad public support for such a change