*Presentation material for IWAC 2019 Here is a powerpoint file used for my presentation at The 4th International Congress on Women’s Health and Unsafe Abortion (IWAC 2019) held in Bangkok, Thailand on February 21, 2019. iwac_1 Iwac_2 iwac_…

*Partial Revision of the Eugenic Protection Law and the Problems of the Motherhood Protection Law Here is the link to an explanation written in English by Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: https://www.jaog.or.jp/about/p…

The study we conducted in 2010 revealed the prices for abortion in Japan for the first time. * The price ranges from JPY60,000 to 200,000, or $600 to $2,000 (average JPY101,000, or $1,010, if $1 =JPY100) for an early-term abortion, while a…

*BBC interview to Yoriko Madoka, an long-time activist in Japan Fighting for the pill in Japan >> Fighting for the pill in Japan After decades of campaigning in Japan, the pill was finally legalised in 1999. In contrast, the male impotency…

*IBM Japan What a generous benefit packaget of Big Blue!? No, it's not special. Every women working or deopending on a worker who pays health insurance in Japan is entitled to this national system of the childbirth and childcare lump-sum g…

*Japan Times Japanese society with declining birth-rate is relatively friendly toward pregnant women but cold to women who seek contraceptives and abortion. Sigh! www.japantimes.co.jp >> The health ministry has compiled measures to prevent…

*JAPAN/INDIA – abortion access in the context of COVID-19 www.safeabortionwomensright.org >> Abortion in Japan before Covid-19 and the way ahead In a conversation with ASAP member Dr Kumi Tsukahara, a part-time lecturer at Kanazawa Univers…