*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…