A Jiji monthly opinion poll showed Thursday that 38.2% of respondents back parliament¡¯s proposal for two measures to secure a sufficient number of imperial family members.

The lower and upper chambers of parliament on June 10 adopted the proposal as a consensus of the legislative branch at a meeting of representatives of 13 parties and parliamentary groups.

The consensus approves the measures of allowing female imperial family members to retain their status after marriage and allowing male-line descendants of former imperial family branches to be adopted into the family. The government will draft a bill to revise the Imperial House Law, based on the consensus.

In the survey, those opposed to both measures accounted for 9.2%.

Support for allowing female imperial family members to retain their status stood at 18.1%, while 7.6% backed only the adoption. An additional 26.9% answered they do not know.

Of the respondents supporting the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, 48.8% approved both measures. The share stood at 45.8% for those supporting the LDP¡¯s coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party.

The government and the ruling coalition aim to enact the revision during the current parliamentary session ending July 17.

Support for both measures reached 54.2% among Centrist Reform Alliance supporters and 53.8% among Komeito supporters.

Meanwhile, 26.7% of Japanese Communist Party supporters opposed both measures, as did 20% of Conservative Party of Japan supporters.

The survey, conducted between Friday and Monday, covered 2,000 people age 18 or older nationwide, with valid responses received from 57.1%.