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BIRTH

Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 24, 2015
Women in Okinawa have Japan's best recipe for liberty, fertility and longevity
Women in Okinawa have more babies and live longer than women from almost anywhere else in Japan.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 23, 2015
Making babies makes a comeback in Japan
The slight rise in Japanese fertility since 2005 — despite the sharp recession and natural disasters that happened in the meantime — suggests there is hope that work-life balance will help to stabilize the populations of developed nations after all.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2014
Yamagata co-op markets bank account that offers love interest
Deposit your money at a bank in northern Japan and you could get more than interest payments. You might end up getting married.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2014
Abe pledge on women hits day care roadblock: noise-allergic neighbors
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to help women juggle work and family are hitting an obstacle: opposition to building new day care centers from residents who fear that the sound of children playing will spoil their quiet neighborhoods.
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2014
Families may get benefits for having three or more children
The government has pledged to drastically expand the budget to address the low birthrate and keep Japan's population from falling below 100 million five decades from now, according to an outline of the new economic and fiscal policy blueprint.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 7, 2013
Doctors helping out with disabled children both before and after birth
Doctors are providing support to parents before the birth of disabled children to allow them to make an informed choice after they receive the results of prenatal tests.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2013
Japan's fertility rate logs 16-year high, hitting 1.41
Japan's total fertility rate in 2012 hit a 16-year high of 1.41, while the number of births fell to a new low of 1,037,101.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 26, 2011
Will the 'morning-after pill' make gynecologists obsolete?
The morning-after pill is finally available to Japanese women.

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