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Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Feb 5, 2018
Celeb Kylie Jenner steals Twitter spotlight from Super Bowl to announce birth of girl
U.S. reality TV star Kylie Jenner announced on Sunday the birth of her child with rapper Travis Scott, after months of rumors surrounding her pregnancy.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2014
Japanese man promises to visit Thailand to claim surrogate children
A 24-year-old Japanese man who has fathered more than a dozen surrogate babies in Thailand has expressed his readiness to go there and claim his children under Thai state protection, Thai police said Monday.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2014
DNA of Japanese man in surrogacy case matches 12 babies in Thailand
Thai police said Wednesday that a DNA sample provided by a Japanese businessman suspected of siring 12 surrogate babies in Thailand matches with all 12 infants, proving he is their biological father.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 18, 2014
Businessman at center of Thai surrogacy scandal hands over DNA samples
The lawyer of the Japanese man linked to a surrogate 'baby factory' in Thailand submits DNA samples to Thai police, saying the man wishes to clear his name.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 13, 2014
DNA shows nine babies found in Bangkok have same father, who remains unknown
DNA tests have proven that nine babies found in a Bangkok condominium last week have the same father, but authorities have yet to prove he is the Japanese businessman at the center of the case, senior police doctor Jongjate Aojanepong said on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 8, 2014
Japanese who claims to be father of nine 'surrogate babies' found in Bangkok condo exits for Macau
The Japanese man at the center of a controversy over nine "surrogate babies" found in a Bangkok condo has just left Thailand, the Mainichi Shimbun reported Friday, quoting local police authorities.
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2014
Human trafficking suspected in Thai nine-baby discovery
A Thai lawyer claims nine babies found in suspicious circumstances in a Bangkok condo are surrogate babies of a Japanese businessman, but a tip points to something more sinister.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 28, 2013
In India, a rise in surrogate births for West
When 24-year-old Komal Kapoor handed over the twins she had just borne to a visiting American couple last month, she said she felt "something like sadness."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 8, 2011
Childless Japanese couples look for bargains in Asia
More couples are turning to surrogacy in Japan, but the legal gray zone and exploitation of overseas surrogates is giving birth to a host of issues.

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