Abortion in Japan

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Updated: Help lines for foreigners living in Japan who have abortion problems

Here are help options for foreigners living in Japan, who have abortion problems. Abortion In Japan - Savvy Tokyo Pregnancy Options | TELL Japan Healthy Tokyo: Abortion in Japan – What you need to know JHI: Abortion/Termination of pregnancy

Fighting for the pill in Japan

*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…

Measures drawn up to protect pregnant women from COVID-19

In Japan where decreasing birthrate and aging population, the government is gentle for pregnant women. However, there is NO public discussion to save those who need contraception and abortion in the mistd of the pandemic. Unfortunately, th…

Japan Times says: "Stress is one of the main factors that triggers violence" toward women and children

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A Report for Preparation of the List of Issues and Suggested Questions for the 9th Periodic Report of the Government of Japan

This is the NGO report we sent to CEDAW on February 3. ============================================================ To the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women A Report for Preparation of the List of Issues and Sugg…

Discrepancies of Abortion Methods and Values Between Japan and the World

*My paper on abortion problems in Japan www.philosophyoflife.org

The first event in Japan on International Safe Abortion Day

*No more abortion harassment for Japanese women Message: Medical abortion has not been approved in Japan. Moreover, D&C, the less safe method, is still used for more than 80% of the early abortion here. Abortion is deeply stigmatized in th…

First memorial event for International Safe Abortion Day in Japan

As many of you know, Japan is one of the least developed country concerning abortion method as well as social environment surrounding women's health and rights. Abortion pill has not been approved here, and D&C is the first choice for the …

non-freedom of expression in Japan

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The Court says Forced sterilizations by Japanese Eugenic Law unconstitutional

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Japan Health System Review

Here is the link. >> 3.4.3 Direct paymentAlthough most of the services are covered by national insurance, someservices, especially for non-diseases, cosmetic and luxury purposes,are not covered by health insurance and patients have to pay …

Japan's health care system edges foreign care in expat survey

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If you face with the dilemma of an unwanted pregnancy

Here I found a useful information for foreigners visiting Japan. savvytokyo.com

Links: articles about Gender discrimination for university entrance exams in Japan

*It's a tip of the iceberg! Tokyo Medical University’s Gender Discrimination: Japan’s Shame - FNN.jpプライムオンライン Let's discuss the Tokyo Medical University exam-fixing scandal | The Japan Times The Perception and Experience of Gender…

Links: Weekly SPA! 'easy girls' articles

Japanese Tabloid Apologizes for Ranking Colleges by Easy Sex | Time Japanese magazine apologises for women's university 'sex listing' | Daily Mail Online Japanese magazine apologises for women's university 'sex listing' | Daily Mail Online…

Stories about abortion in Japan

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Students, activists petitioning to make emergency contraception easily accessible in Japan

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Japanese government virtually legalized abortion in the 1940s just after the WWII

*Japanese women not allowed to use contraceptive pills until 1999 Almost all of the Western nations allowed birth control pills first, and then abortion. However, in Japan thieir order was opposite: abortion first, and birth control pills …

D&C is rampant in Japan

*Abortion techniques used According to Sekiguchi et al. (2015), "Safety of induced abortions at less than 12 weeks of pregnancy in Japan", International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 129:54-57, more than 80 % of the abortions before…

Basic information of abortion in Japan

*Official Statistics of abortion in Japan Numbers of legally induced abortions (recent 5 years) >> Year* Legally induced abortions 2012 196,639 2013 186,253 2014 181,905 2015 176,388 2016 168,015 2017 164,621 * Japanese Fiscal Year begins …

Results of research on abortion providers in Japan

*Facts about Japanese Ob-Gyn doctors and abortion in Japan A research was conducted on Japanese obstetrician and gynecologists by Prof. M. Kinefuchi, Assistant prof. M. Mizuno, Researcher K. Tsukahara in September 2010 about their abortio…

Facts about abortion in Japan

*Number of legal abortions in Japan by gestational age and by woman's age Table 4. Number of legal abortions by gestational age, by weeks(FY2012-2017) Table 6. Number of legally induced abortions by woman’s age(FY2012-2017)

Discrepancies of Abortion Methods and Values Between Japan and the World

*My article published as a special report in Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.4, No.4 (December 2014):99-120 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [Special Report] Discrepancies of Abortion Methods and Values Between …

#We too

*Please endorse the objection toward a sexiest weekly magazine publisher! The below is the English part quoted from a message from Campaign.org: >> Recently a Company called Shuukan Spa has released a ranking of “University students with e…

ABORTION PROBLEMS IN JAPAN

*Some information about Japanese situations Here are contents of a flyer I handed out to the attendants I met at the 2013 IWAC held in Bangkok. >> ABORTION PROBLEMS IN JAPAN 1. LEGAL PROBLEM Abortion is basically prohibited by the criminal…

Abortion problems in Japan

*Reproductive justice is needed for Japanese women It's over 15 years since I set about researching on actual abortion situations in Japan as a graduate student, but abortion situations here have not been changed a lot. At first, there wer…