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What about the Bar Exam? Where Will He Get a Job? ‘Birthday Wedding’? Much Speculation on Komuro's movements

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  Komuro graduated from Fordham Law School on May 23, but he did not post his picture or message online, and unlike many of his classmates who live near New York, he did not attend the graduation ceremony. His whereabouts have not been traced since then.     There has been a lot of speculation about his future.   First of all, it is widely believed that he will take the NY State Bar Exam scheduled for July 27 and 28.   As for where he will work after that, there is currently no information that he will work for a law firm in NY State. Many of his classmates have been offered jobs at law firms where they have internships even before they take the final exams or the bar exam, but no such information about Komuro has been received.   So, it has been suggested that he will work for one of the UN agencies in New York.   https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/cb90a1c5dd2662c33edfc47973abc2e7fc1f084d   "Since he left for the United States, there was a view that Mr. Komuro's

Experts Say Female Emperor OK, 3 out of 4 Open to Emperor of Male Lineage: Advisory Panel

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 The Japanese government held the fifth meeting of an advisory panel (chaired by Atsushi Seike, former president of Keio University) to discuss a stable succession plan for the throne, and heard opinions from four experts on foreign royal families and history. on May 31. This was the fourth time the panel has interviewed experts in this field. PositiveOpinion on Female Emperor, Experts Say (Kyodo News) - Yahoo! News Click here to see the progress of the expert panel to date. The Prime Minister's Office page on the expert panel is here (with minutes).    Naotaka Kimizuka, a professor of British political and diplomatic history at Kanto Gakuin University, argued that the current system, under which only males of the male line whose father's side of the family is related to that of the emperor should succeed, should be changed and that both male and female lineages should be recognized as heir to the throne. He argued that priority should be given to the first ch