Abortion in Japan

Memorandums and information about abortion situations and problems in Japan

Entries from 2021-01-01 to 1 year

50% of people in Japan 'had no sex' in March-May 2020: survey

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Japan's Cabinet Office distributes gender-neutral illustrations to dispel stereotypes

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Expanding access to safe abortions in Japan

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2021/05/02/national/japan-safe-abortion/Partially quoted. Expanding access to safe abortions in JapanBY MAGDALENA OSUMI, STAFF WRITER, JAPAN TIMES May 2, 2021Choosing to get an abortion is not an easy deci…

U.K. company will seek to offer Japan’s first abortion pill

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…

U.K. company will seek to offer Japan’s first abortion pill

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 …

COVID-19 affects 8% of abortion cases in Japan, study shows

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…

Vietnamese trainee indicted for abandoning dead newborns says she is innocent

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…

Covered up investigation report

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…

Abortion Pill may be filed for approval this year in Japan

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 …

UK firm to apply for abortion pills' use in Japan

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

UK pharma firm to seek first Japan approval for abortion pill, but challenges remain

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…

Japanese Women No Longer Need Spousal Consent for Abortions – If They Were Abused

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 …

Heavy Burden of Abortion for Women in Japan

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…

Why Japan Can't Shake Sexism

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 legal system in Japan

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 …

Campaigner takes on “period poverty” in Japan

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There have been countless cases in which victims of domestic violence give birth unwillingly because they have been unable to obtain the consent to abortion from their husbands.

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Japanese Women No Longer Need Spousal Consent for Abortions – If They Were Abused

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 Montgomerywww.vice.com

No consent from spouse needed for abortion in broken marriages in Japan: ministry

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No consent from spouse needed for abortion in broken marriages in Japan: ministry

The Mainichi No consent from spouse needed for abortion in broken marriages in Japan: ministryMarch 15, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)Translation from Japanese version TOKYO -- Japan's health ministry has spelled out new administration guidelines t…

Japan's media urged to address gender imbalance after Olympic sexism uproar

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Ninshin in Japan

Pregnancy in Japan Ninshin in Japan This website offers information on pregnancy and childbirth in Japan, specifically for foreigners in Kumamoto such as technical interns and international students. If you need help with an unplanned preg…

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

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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

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

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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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