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Chieu Luu

Chieu Luu

Hong Kong
Director of Video
Chieu Luu leads SCMP’s award-winning video team, overseeing news, features, and podcasts. Named 2024 Video Executive of the Year by Digiday, he is a veteran journalist with a distinguished career including roles at CNN, CGTN, Al Jazeera, and the CBC.
Chieu Luu leads SCMP’s award-winning video team, overseeing news, features, and podcasts. Named 2024 Video Executive of the Year by Digiday, he is a veteran journalist with a distinguished career including roles at CNN, CGTN, Al Jazeera, and the CBC.
Areas of Expertise:
Video production
Languages Spoken:
Cantonese, English, Mandarin

Video | Japan revises law to expand imperial family

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Japan will revise its imperial household law in an effort to expand the pool of eligible heirs for the Chrysanthemum Throne. The change will allow the imperial family to adopt male distant relatives over 15, and will also permit women to keep their royal status even after marrying someone from outside the family. It does not address the possibility of a woman ascending to the throne and becoming emperor, despite the idea having wide public support.
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Revised law does not address possibility of a woman becoming emperor, despite wide public support.

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