idea to establish families headed by female members of the Imperial family by retaining their status after marriage and permit male descendants of former Imperial family members to enter the household by adoption. On November 26, Yuichiro Tamaki, leader of the Democratic Party for the People and Kazuo Shii, chairman of the Communist Party, criticized the proposal due to its lack of addressing stable succession and any legality to recognize a female Emperor. 2021 On March 23, 2021, a panel was created to look into securing a stable line of succession in the Imperial Family with 20 experts being called to testify on their views. On July 27, 2021, the panel announced that the current line of succession to Crown Prince Akishino, then to Prince Hisahito, must remain unchanged. Discussion of lineage beyond Hisahito's reign should be postponed. The panel plans to continue discussion on proposals to allow women to remain in the Imperial Family after marriage to commoners, and on allowing male members of former Imperial branches to be adopted into the Imperial Family. In September 2021, it was considered to amend the Imperial Household Law and allow the 85-year old Prince Hitachi to adopt a male member of the collateral branches of the imperial family. On October 26, 2021, Princess Mako married her fiancé and left the imperial family. On November 30, 2021, Crown Prince Fumihito criticized those who were critical of his daughter's marriage to Kei Komuro and that the family should be allowed the opportunity to refute false allegations made by the media. On December 22, 2021, the panel has recommended that the succession of the throne be kept to male heirs. The panel said that options such as adopting single men and allowing female royals to keep their imperial status would require revising the 1947 Imperial Household Law. 2022 On January 12, 2022, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivered the imperial succession report prepared by a government commission of experts to Lower House Speaker Hiroyuki Hosoda and Upper House President Akiko Santo. The report effectively set aside the question of how to maintain the imperial succession after Prince Hisahito, stating that the discussion on the matter is "still premature". The report also did not discuss whether to allow a daughter of the emperor or a son of the female line of the imperial family to take the throne. Thus, the report did not explore the question