The woman abandoned her baby boy in the city of Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, in June 2020. The tragedy appears to have partly stemmed from confusion over Japanese abortion laws.

A newborn baby was found in a toilet at a shopping center in Shizuoka City on Sunday afternoon. According to police and other sources, a security guard at the shopping center in Aoi Ward called 119 a ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A Japanese woman has pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here to a charge of concealing the birth of a baby girl by dumping the infant in a shopping mall toilet five days ago.

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A mother guides her children across a street in Tokyo in October 2024.

Looking for some beautiful baby name inspiration? Look no further than Japan. From historic castles, ancient temples and tiny rural towns, to bullet trains, ultramodern cities and ridiculously ...

HIROSHIMA—A Vietnamese woman who came to Japan on the technical intern program ... Hiroshima District Court over the killing of her newborn baby. In its ruling in May, the court pointed out ...

The Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in Oita welcomed a baby “Nihonzaru” (Japanese macaque) on April 21, the first to be born this year. The newborn male macaque was named “Dekopin ...

as Japan’s fertility rates continue their decline. Several other East Asian economies are trying to reverse declining birth rates. South Korea, Singapore, and Hong Kong also offer “baby bonuses,” or ...