The Tokyo Metropolitan Government will begin a search for the birth parents of a 67-year-old man accidentally switched as a ...

To support women facing unwanted pregnancies, a Tokyo hospital has launched a confidential birth program, becoming the second medical facility in Japan to offer such a service. Sanikukai Hospital ...

Tokyo hospital opens city's first 'baby hatch' A ... parks or beaches". Sanikukai is only Japan's second medical institution to open a baby hatch, after the Catholic-run Jikei hospital in ...

Tokyo resident Satoshi Egura turned 67 this month, and while it’s natural to spend some time on your birthday thinking back on your life so far, Egura most likely looked back even farther than most ...

The Japanese city of Osaka will ban elderly people from using ATMs while on a phone call under a new rule to tackle a growing ...

Newborns within four weeks of age can now be placed in a basket in a quiet room with a discreet entrance at a hospital in ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between April 5 ...