Language | MORNING ENGLISH Jan 28, 2019
The rules of adoption are changing, specifically with regard to the special adoption system that now covers children under the age of 15.
Asia Pacific / Social Issues Jan 24, 2019
'Child export' adoptee deported by U.S. sues South Korea and agency over citizenship fiasco
by Kim Tong-Hyung
Adam Crapser lives in limbo, a stranger in South Korea, the country of his birth. Forcibly separated from his wife, children and friends in America, he is isolated by language and culture, left alone to navigate Seoul, the sprawling city he has been expelled to ...
National Jan 19, 2019
Japan to expand age limit for special adoption system to cover children under 15
The Justice Ministry plans to expand the special adoption system to cover children under 15 years old from the current basic age limit of under 6.
Asia Pacific / Crime & Legal Dec 17, 2018
Gay Singaporean man wins right to adopt surrogate son, in a first for the city-state
A gay Singaporean man Monday won the right to adopt a child he fathered via a surrogate in the United States, in a landmark court ruling for the conservative city-state. While Singapore is affluent and modern in many ways, attitudes towards sexual minorities are routinely ...
World / Offbeat Dec 12, 2018
Florida woman reunited with daughter she thought died at birth 69 years ago
An 88-year-old American woman has been reunited with the daughter she was told had died at birth 69 years ago, The New York Times reported. Genevieve Purinton of Tampa, Florida, 69-year-old Connie Moultroup of Richmond, Vermont, for the first time this month, the newspaper said. Purinton ...
National / Social Issues Jun 14, 2018
Unsuccessful with IVF, Japanese actress Jun Sena's quest for a child succeeds via adoption
by Mai Yoshikawa
Like the Japanese proverb "fall seven times and stand up eight," Jun Sena made seven failed attempts to conceive through in vitro fertilization before she turned the odds of having a child in her favor. No, she was not able to get pregnant. But she ...
National / Crime & Legal May 25, 2018
Japan to look at raising age limit for special child adoption
Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa said Friday that she will ask the Legislative Council to discuss revisions to the Civil Code so that older children can benefit from Japan's special adoption system. The proposal will be made to the advisory body on June 4, Kamikawa told ...
National / Crime & Legal Apr 18, 2018
Japanese lawmakers enact law on court jurisdiction for international divorces
The Diet enacts a revised law stipulating Japanese court jurisdiction over international divorce, in a move expected to speed up lengthy proceedings.
National / Social Issues Jun 24, 2017
Japan's shelters provide little comfort to abused children
by Chang-ran Kim
Japan’s shelters for neglected children are known for their suffocating discipline, but no one has come up with a good way to reform them in the past 70 years.
National / Social Issues May 11, 2017
Online agency seeks to streamline adoption in Japan
by Mizuho Aoki
From a baby expected to be born in October in Osaka Prefecture to one in Tokyo with a due date in July, information of upcoming childbirths is listed on a website run by an Osaka-based nonprofit adoption agency urging prospective parents-to-be to register online. Named ...
National / Social Issues Apr 6, 2017
Osaka the first city in Japan to certify same-sex couple as foster parents
Osaka becomes the first city in the nation to officially let a gay couple take on the role of foster parents.