gynecology

National / Media | MEDIA MIX May 25, 2019

News outlets debate the ethics behind prenatal testing

by Philip Brasor

Last month, the Diet enacted legislation to pay ¥3.2 million to each person who was sterilized as part of the Eugenic Protection Law passed in 1948. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has also said he will apologize to the roughly 25,000 victims on behalf of ...

National Nov 20, 2015

Hospitals with OB-GYN sections down for 24th year; pediatrics departments also in decline

The number of hospitals with obstetrics and gynecology departments nationwide stood at a record low 1,361 as of October last year, according to the health ministry. Marking 24 consecutive years of decline, the tally fell 14 from the previous year and is the lowest since ...