By MIREI JINGUJI/ Staff Writer April 30, 2021 at 15:45 JST Mifepristone and Misoprostol, abortion pills widely used overseas (provided by Yutaka Osuga, professor at the University of Tokyo)British pharmaceutical company LinePharma is expec…

The Asahi Shinbun By MIREI JINGUJI/ Staff Writer, April 30, 2021 at 15:45 JST Mifepristone and Misoprostol, abortion pills widely used overseas (provided by Yutaka Osuga, professor at the University of Tokyo)British pharmaceutical company …

Japan times, Apr 27, 2021 Some 8% of pregnant women in Japan who had an abortion in October and November last year are believed to have decided to end their pregnancy due to reasons linked to the coronavirus pandemic, a health ministry stu…

Rosy Huong huongthhd@gmail.com April 27, 2021 | 09:17 vietnamtimes.org.vn A Vietnamense national in Japan's Technical Intern Training Program who was arrested and indicted on charges of abandoning the bodies of her newborn twins said she h…

Is this an "inconvenient truth" for them? The research results reported by abortion doctors in Japan, which I criticized in a paper published this March, have suddenly disappeared from the MHLW's Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research databa…

Something too awful to be true is happening in Japan. An online conference of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology was held yesterday, where it was announced that LinePharma's clinical trial was successful, and an application is …

Lifeissues News: UK Firm To Apply For Abortion Pills' Use In Japan

April 22, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)Japanese versionMifepristone pills, marked "MF," and misoprostol pills, marked "ML," which have been used widely outside Japan as induced abortion medication, are seen in this photo provided by Tokyo Universi…

VICE World News, Mar. 16, 2021 In Japan, a woman used to need her husband’s permission to have an abortion even if he had raped her. By Hanako Montgomery March 16, 2021, 9:04pm Japan has announced new guidelines that allow women to get an …

Abortion is not covered by the health insurance in Japan. Here is one of the proofs. Although most of the services are covered by national insurance, some services, especially for non-diseases, cosmetic and luxury purposes, are not covered…

BBC By Mariko Oi, 9th April 2021 Gender equality keeps making headlines in Japan for all the wrong reasons. Why is that and what will it take for things to change? A A day after former Tokyo Olympics boss Yoshiro Mori made global headlines…

The reality of abortion in Japan is very complicated and not well understood by people inside nor outside of Japan.First of all, the Japanese Penal Code, which was enacted in 1907, includes the crime of abortion, and abortion is generally …

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