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IVF treatment has come out of the shadows a bit since 2001. Like his predecessor Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has identified Japan’s baby drought as a major point of government concern. Last month Suga said national health insurance would be expanded to cover fertility treatment for couples struggling to have children (at present, it is not). These treatments can cost ¥300,000 to ¥500,000 a cycle. Many women plough through their life savings in multiple, often fruitless attempts to get pregnant.
The murder of an elderly homeless woman in Tokyo in November was another reminder of the vulnerability of people living on the streets, even in one of the world’s safest cities. Misako Obayashi, 64, was hit on the head, apparently with a bag of rocks, while sitting at a bus stop near Sasazuka Station in the early hours of Nov 16. Her alleged killer, Kazuhito Yoshida, 46, reportedly offered her money to move elsewhere and became enraged when she refused.
Three long-term nursing care helpers have taken the state to court, citing workplace violations of the Labor Standards Act and wage theft.
The workers, who are women in their 60s from Tokyo and Fukushima, filed the lawsuit with the Tokyo...
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Mari Miura knows all about the gender equality situation in Japan, especially as it relates to parity in politics.
In her capacity as professor of political science at Sophia University, Miura was involved in the legislative process for Japan’s Gender...
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National campaign seeks to end violence against women
There’s an almost dispassionate matter-of-factness in the way Risa Tanaka describes how she was tortured by her husband. One of the methods he favored, she says, was to act as a police...
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