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 ...

A Tokyo hospital on Monday became the capital's first medical institution to offer a system allowing the safe, anonymous drop-off of infants by parents unable to raise them. Used for centuries ...

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 ...

A Tokyo hospital has launched a “baby hatch ... whole series of reasons why a second baby hatch is having to open in Japan, and I have to say it makes me sad,” Yoko Tsukamoto, a professor ...

A court on April 21 ordered the Tokyo metropolitan government to help a man, who was switched at birth 67 years ago, find his ...

Tokyo District Court has ordered the Tokyo metropolitan government to track down the birth parents of a 67-year-old man who ...

after the Catholic-run Jikei hospital in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto region opened one in 2007. As of May last year, 179 babies and toddlers have reportedly been left at Jikei's baby hatch. At ...

Hitoshi Kato, director of San-Ikukai Hospital, center, and others explain about the "baby hatch" program, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government offices in the capital's Shinjuku Ward on March 31, 2025.

southwestern Japan, began a baby hatch service in 2007 and a confidential birth service in 2019. San-ikukai Hospital is designated as one of Tokyo's regional perinatal maternal and child medical ...

One of the world’s most populous cities, Tokyo brings together many of the elements that make Japan so popular with travelers. Visit youthful Shibuya and upscale Ginza to experience the modern ...