In a heart-wrenching reflection of Japan’s escalating social issues, a Tokyo hospital has become the second in the country to install a “baby hatch”, allowing mothers to anonymously leave ...

A hospital in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward opened a “baby hatch” for parents to anonymously leave newborn infants in the care of social welfare agencies. The baby hatch at San-ikukai Hospital is the second ...

Sanikukai is only Japan's second medical institution to open a baby hatch, after the Catholic-run Jikei hospital in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto region opened one in 2007. As of May last year ...

A Tokyo hospital has launched a “baby hatch”, becoming the city’s first and the country’s second medical institution to offer parents a safe, anonymous drop-off method for infants they can ...

Used for centuries globally, so-called baby boxes or baby hatches are meant to prevent child abandonment or abuse. But they have been criticized for violating a child's right to know their parents ...

Sanikukai is only Japan's second medical institution to open a baby hatch, after the Catholic-run Jikei hospital in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto region opened one in 2007. As of May last year ...

An open house is scheduled April 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at the Hebron State Fish Hatchery, 10517 Canal Rd SE, at Hebron. Visitors can view fish eggs and fry, and observe older fish in raceways.

San-ikukai, a social welfare corporation in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, said at a news conference on Monday that it would start offering a baby hatch service at 1 p.m. at its San-ikukai Hospital.

An Australian zoo is celebrating the birth of two baby alligators. The tiny reptiles, no bigger than the palm of a hand, have already stolen hearts at the Australian Reptile Park, and the joyous ...