The hospital in Kumamoto is the sole medical center in Japan that offers a confidential birth program. Through the service, women only need to disclose their identities to specialized staff ...

The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth consecutive year to hit a record low, according to health ministry data ...

Krystena Murray, 38, of Savannah, is suing Coastal Fertility Specialists. A Georgia woman is suing a fertility clinic after an in vitro fertilization (IVF) mix-up allegedly led to staff implanting ...

financial crisis and lost career opportunities as reasons to set a trend of not giving birth. Japan last year recorded its lowest number of births in 125 years, falling ninth straight year despite ...

ICHIKAWA, Chiba -- This city neighboring Tokyo will be the first in Japan to offer housing subsidies ... promote settlement in the city and address declining birth rates. The program, which ...

The schizophrenic woman was a few months pregnant when she went missing in late 2024 -- as her mother and sister react to a TikTok video showing her giving birth Wednesday aboard a subway train in ...

The result, which includes babies of foreign nationality born in Japan, is 15 years ahead of the forecast for reaching that level. The birth rate for just Japanese nationals is expected to fall ...