据报道，日本首相安倍晋三已经决定否决修改皇室典范，拒绝采用让女性继承天皇皇位的建议。与此同时，安倍建议日本朝野继续进行讨论，但“女天皇”已不在讨论范围内。讨论的重点将是如何确保皇位继承的稳定性，以免再次出现后继乏人的难题，这将意味着德仁皇太子的女儿爱子公主将与女天皇称号无缘。 安倍作出这一决定和纪子妃去年9月诞下男婴悠仁不无关系。这是日本皇室近41年来增添的第一名男丁。悠仁的降生使日本皇室缺乏男性继承人的难题暂时得以缓解。

Japanese Princess Aiko (L), accompanied by her mother Crown Princess Masako (R), September last year. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to scrap a government panel's proposal to let women ascend to the Japanese throne, according to a newspaper report.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to scrap a government panel's proposal to let women ascend to the Japanese throne , according to a newspaper report.
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Abe would still consider amending the rules for royal succession as the world's oldest monarchy faces a crisis due to its male-only succession tradition, the conservative Sankei Shimbun said without citing sources.
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It said the decision by Abe, who had been wary of letting women take the Chrysanthemum Throne, was made possible with the September birth of Prince Hisahito -- the first boy born to the imperial family since 1965.
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The birth was a dream come true for conservatives, and led then-prime minister Junichiro Koizumi to suspend widely popular plans to introduce female succession.
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Crown Princess Masako, a former career woman who makes few appearances due to the stress of adapting to palace life, has only one child from 13 years of marriage -- four-year-old Princess Aiko.
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Traditionalists believe the imperial family has descended from a male line dating back more than 2,600 years. Historians agree the lineage dates back from at least the sixth century AD.

（Agencies）

Vocabulary:

scrap：veto（否决、禁止）

ascend to the Japanese throne：继承日本皇位

royal succession：皇位继承

lineage：直系后代世袭

（英语点津陈蓓编辑）