"Baby hatch" highlights Japan fears over adoption
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When a newborn baby girl was left in Japan's controversial "baby hatch" last week, the child's life may have been saved, but her chances of finding new parents were slim due to a cultural aversion to adoption in Japan.
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Adoptive parents invest more time and financial resources in their children than biological parents, according to a new national study challenging arguments that have been used to oppose same-sex marriage and gay adoption.
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Families in the United States are asking about adopting children from areas devastated by the tsunami, but adoption officials say it's too early to consider bringing orphaned children into the country.
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Tokyo, Nov. 15: The news that Princess Sayako, will wed at 35 after years of hesitation was welcomed today by many in Japan who fear that sagging marriage and birth rates has left the country headed for a demographic crisis.
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Japan pledges to address the shortage of doctors after a woman in labour was turned away by eight hospitals.
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Every 100th baby born in Guatemala grows up as an adopted American, making the Central American country the richest source of adoptees in the Western Hemisphere. But U.S. ratification of an international adoption treaty is likely to choke off the supply next summer.
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TOKYO - The beheading of a Japanese hostage and the closely fought US presidential election have injected new caution into Tokyoâs deliberations on whether to extend its historic troop dispatch to Iraq.
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Science & environment: Â· Many choose procedure for fear of losing fertilityÂ· Doctors warn there is no guarantee of pregnancy
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A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy who was rescued from a crushed car suffers intense fear and asks about his mother who was buried today, a week after a major earthquake struck Japan, doctors said.
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Fear of rejection and concerns about the  reaction of the child prevent many parents from telling their  children they have been conceived with donated sperm,  scientists said on Wednesday.
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More than 100,000 children who have been abused or neglected by their biological parents are languishing in foster care, waiting to be adopted. The explanations are practically universal.
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Japanese media have mobilized for the   expected birth of a royal baby who conservatives hope will be   the first imperial male heir in more than 40 years.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden  - Adoption hotlines around the  world have been jammed with callers since the Asian tsunami on  Dec. 26 orphaned thousands of children, but experts and aid  agencies are telling would-be parents they may be disappointed.
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A pregnant woman miscarried in western Japan on Wednesday after nine hospitals refused to admit her and the ambulance transporting her crashed on its way to a tenth, news reports said.
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Going abroad for a sunshine break before trying for a baby may not be a good idea, fertility experts says.
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Humanitarian groups warned against westerners rushing to adopt Asian children orphaned by the tsunami disaster, proposing instead that they sponsor children or continue donating to aid organizations.
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Japan is expected to report fewer babies  born in 2007, a government report said on Tuesday, kicking off  the new year with a bleak reminder of the long-term risks the  economy faces as its population ages at an unprecedented pace.