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ADOPTION

Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 21, 2014
Adopting a child from Japan: one U.S. couple's story
Chicago residents Mari, a Japanese national, and Jonathon, an American, considered adopting from the U.S. or South Korea, but cultural and citizenship concerns sealed their decision to adopt from Japan. The new addition is one of only a handful of children adopted from Japan into the U.S. each year.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Apr 20, 2014
Dog days of summer await golden retriever Suehiro
Golden retriever Suehiro, who was first featured in The Japan Times in March 2013, has found a loving home in Connecticut.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Apr 7, 2014
A dog named Harp: Music to your ears
The gentle Harp was found abandoned in a hot springs area. Concerned staff from a hotel fed her bread and, eventually, she got up the courage to come nearer and was caught. Luckily her destination was ARK.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2014
Court OKs adoption by transgender woman
The Osaka Family Court has approved the adoption of a 3-year-old boy by a woman in her 30s who changed her sex from male due to gender identity disorder.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 6, 2014
Making the invisible visible at the Japan Media Arts Festival
In 1965, artist Nam June Paik (1932-2006) attached a strong magnet to the top of a television. The crisp image, overpowered by the magnet, folded onto itself in beautiful geometric waves. But it wasn't meant to be beautiful; it was an attack.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2013
Adoption leader finds homes for unwanted babies
Obstetrician Koji Samejima had always felt a gap existed between couples who wanted a baby but couldn't conceive and women who were expecting a baby they wouldn't be able to raise.
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Oct 16, 2013
Adoption and fostering, animal homes and a tribute: readers' mail
In response to a recent story about adoption and foster parenting in Japan, one woman recounts her life of doing both.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Sep 30, 2013
Cultural and legal hurdles block path to child adoptions in Japan
While more than 7,000 couples applied to adopt or become foster parents every year between 2006 and 2010, only 309 children were adopted in fiscal 2010, according to government figures.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2013
Hospital first to offer 'special adoptions'
A gynecology and obstetrics hospital in Kumamoto becomes the first medical institution to provide a 'special adoption service' at the request of the Japan Medical Association.
LIFE / Lifestyle
May 28, 2013
It's time to adopt a new attitude toward adoption
In today's America, a single woman facing a surprise pregnancy is likely to consider just two options: abortion or single motherhood. The third choice, adoption, carries such a social stigma that placement of infants in the United States has plummeted — even as the number of parents desperate for a...
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2006
Cultural attitudes in Japan spell few adoptions
Couples looking to start a family naturally want their own children. But amid the recent debate over whether to legalize surrogate births in Japan, one question has largely been overlooked: What about adoption?
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
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How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
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