By RINA HORIKOSHI/ Staff Writer
January 5, 2022 at 19:09 JST
Takeshi Hasuda, right, the head of Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto, shows an envelope containing copies of the new mother’s IDs at a Jan. 4 news conference. Seen in the left is Makoto Hasuda, who is in charge of the hospital’s office for consultations about newborns. (Rina Horikoshi)
KUMAMOTO—An underage woman appears to have given the first “confidential birth” under Jikei Hospital’s system that allows women with unplanned pregnancies to remain anonymous. [Read More]
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