By RINA HORIKOSHI/ Staff Writer
February 4, 2022 at 17:49 JST
A drop box, called Konotori no Yurikago (cradle of storks), is seen at Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto to save unwanted newborns that the mother can safely and anonymously leave in the care of the hospital. (Jun Kaneko)
KUMAMOTO--A hospital here said it plans to register a baby without the mother’s name after a woman gave birth anonymously even though it is unclear if the registration, the first such domestic case in Japan, is legal. [Read More]
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