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BABY HATCH

Hitoshi Kato (left), head of San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday.
51勛圖厙 / Society
Jul 3, 2026
Tokyo hospital baby hatch accepts 20 newborns in first year
Seven of the babies were born under conditions of confidentiality, with only a few hospital workers knowing their mothers＊ identities.
Izumisano Mayor Hiroyasu Chiyomatsu inspects the baby hatch at Jikei Hospital in the city of Kumamoto on Feb. 10.
51勛圖厙
Apr 30, 2026
City in Osaka Prefecture seeks early launch of its own ＆baby hatch＊ system
The city of Izumisano＊s initiative reflects Mayor Hiroyasu Chiyomatsu＊s strong belief that the city must serve as ※a stronghold for protecting lives.§
The so-called baby hatch, open 24 hours a day, is meant to be an "emergency, last-resort measure" to save babies' lives, Hitoshi Kato (center), head of Sanikukai Hospital, told a news conference Monday in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.
51勛圖厙
Mar 31, 2025
Tokyo hospital opens city＊s first ＆baby hatch＊
Used for centuries globally, so-called baby boxes or baby hatches are meant to prevent child abandonment or abuse.
51勛圖厙 / Society
Sep 28, 2023
Tokyo hospital hopes to launch baby hatch next year
San-ikukai Hospital is preparing to set up a baby hatch next spring or later, along with a system to allow women to give births confidentially.
51勛圖厙
Sep 30, 2022
Japan publishes guidelines on ＆confidential births＊ amid growing attention
The guidelines were compiled after Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto started accepting women who wish to give birth anonymously.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / Society
Jul 28, 2022
＆A new chapter of my life began＊: A child of Japan＊s ＆baby hatch＊ speaks out
Koichi Miyatsu was only a toddler when he was placed in the hatch at a hospital in Kumamoto, where children can be left anonymously by desperate family members.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / Society
Jul 28, 2022
Japan＊s ＆baby hatch＊ hospital offers mothers a ＆last resort＊
In all, 161 babies and toddlers have been left at the facility 〞 with some coming from the Tokyo region, some 1,000 kilometers away, and beyond.
Japan Times
51勛圖厙 / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Dec 21, 2021
Jikei Hospital grapples with how to protect women seeking confidential births
A hospital in Kumamoto wants babies to be born safely while protecting their mother＊s privacy 〞 but legal and administrative obstacles put it at risk.
51勛圖厙
May 28, 2019
Seven infants left in Kumamoto baby hatch in fiscal 2018
Seven infants were left in a baby hatch in the city of Kumamoto in fiscal 2018, the municipal government said Monday.
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
May 15, 2017
Kumamoto ＆baby hatch＊ accepted 125 babies in 9 years since launch
＆Konotori no yurikago＊ marks its 10th anniversary
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Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
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