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

Police in Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, have arrested a 16-year-old girl on suspicion of abandoning the body of her newborn baby boy at her home after giving birth in early March. Police said the girl ...

A Tokyo hospital has launched a “baby hatch”, becoming the city’s first and the country’s second medical institution to offer ...

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 ...

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 ...

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