Many parents, for whatever reason -- be it shame or unwanted pregnancy, or even their financial inability to raise a child -- ...

Japan opened its first baby hatch, called Konotori no Yurigago, or stork’s cradle, nearly two decades ago in 2007, in Jikei ...

Japan has opened its second "baby hatch" at a Tokyo hospital. The initiative by the welfare corporation San-ikukai Social ...

With thousands of product prices rising, the cost of raising a child is becoming an impossible burden for some young Japanese ...

A social welfare corporation in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward, has opened the country’s second baby hatch at one of its hospitals, ...

Run by Christian foundation Sanikukai, it provides safe, anonymous option for desperate parents to prevent infant abandonment ...

A Tokyo hospital has begun services to accept unwanted newborns so people can drop them off anonymously, and to allow women ...

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 Tokyo run by the Christian foundation Sanikukai.

To support women facing unwanted pregnancies, a Tokyo hospital has launched a confidential birth program, becoming the second ...

Beginning 1 p.m. the same day, women can anonymously drop off their babies up to four weeks old round the clock at a place in ...

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 ...