By RINA HORIKOSHI/ Staff Writer
October 30, 2021 at 18:10 JST
Takeshi Hasuda, left, the head of Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto, holds a news conference on Oct. 29 along with Makoto Hasuda, who is in charge of the office for consultations about newborns. (Rina Horikoshi)
KUMAMOTO--A hospital here behind a pioneering system that allows mothers to anonymously drop off unwanted newborns through a special “baby hatch” called “cradle of storks” is taking another step into legally uncharted territory. [Read More]
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