Abortion in Japan

Memorandums and information about abortion situations and problems in Japan

Entries from 2021-02-01 to 1 month

Japan's new Olympic minister comes under fire for opposing dual surnames

Tamayo Marukawa, concurrently serving as minister for gender equality too www.japantimes.co.jp

English books to know abortion problems in Japan

Here are good books to know reproductive injustice in Japan. I participated the translation projects of these two books into Japanese. Amazon.com: Abortion Before Birth Control Abortion Before Birth Control (Studies of the East Asian Insti…

Why is it so difficult to access emergency contraceptive pills in Japan?

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Suspect admits to making teen take unapproved abortion pills

>> FUKUOKA--Police on Feb. 22 arrested a man who has admitted to tricking his pregnant teenage girlfriend into taking abortion pills by saying they were for a sexually transmitted disease. The 18-year-old had a miscarriage, but investigato…

Fukuoka man accused of tricking pregnant girlfriend into taking abortion drug

mainichi.jp

Japan's LDP party invites women to 'look, not talk' at key meetings

*BBC News on 18 February www.bbc.co.uk

Forbidden pregnancies lead Vietnamese workers to abandon dead newborns

Two Vietnamese women have been arrested in Japan for abandoning the bodies of their newborn babies. In both cases, the women said they feared losing their jobs as technical trainees if their employers found out about the pregnancies.The wo…

Forbidden pregnancies lead Vietnamese workers to abandon dead newborns

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Japan left behind in sexual and reproductive health and rights---medical abortion pills mailed from abroad (Part 1 & Part 2)

Translation on Women on Web (Original published on Feb. 13, 2021) Part 1 www.womenonweb.orgJapanese original - part2 Part2 www.womenonweb.org Japanese original - part 2

Mori's sexist remarks highlight slow progress in narrowing Japan gender gap

www.japantimes.co.jp

FLOWER DEMO

Japanese feminists monthly demonstration against sexual violence against women www.flowerdemo.org

Mori's sexist remarks highlight slow progress in narrowing Japan gender gap

www.japantimes.co.jp

Olympics Chief Said Sorry for Demeaning Women. In Japan, That’s Often Enough.

www.nytimes.com

Embassies in Tokyo tweet for gender equality after Mori's remarks

asia.nikkei.com

NATIONAL 'Gold medal' for sexism: Tokyo Olympic chief Yoshiro Mori draws rebuke from rights group

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Ex-Japanese-priminister Mori's discriminative comments

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Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori 'sorry' for sexism row

*The head of the Tokyo Olympics organising committee has apologised for making "inappropriate" remarks about women, after calls for his resignation. Yoshiro Mori retracted the comments but said he was not planning to stand down. The Games …