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BABY

Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 7, 2016
Exoskeleton suit mimics life's creaks, weaknesses at 85 to boost awareness
With the push of a button, a perfectly healthy 34-year-old museum-goer named Ugo Dumont was transformed into a confused 85-year-old man with cataracts, glaucoma and a ringing in his ears known as tinnitus.
WORLD / Society
Jan 21, 2016
Homeless woman on freezing night gives birth outside St. Peter's, gets Vatican offer of home
A homeless woman gave birth on a cardboard box just outside St. Peter's Square early on Wednesday in near-freezing temperatures and later received an offer of one year's hospitality in a Vatican institution.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 6, 2015
Police arrest man over death of 3-month-old baby given powerful drug
Police arrested a 24-year-old man in Kumamoto Prefecture on Sunday on suspicion of killing a 3-month-old boy with powerful kakuseizai stimulant, police officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2015
Kitakyushu 'baby station' sign catching on as municipalities try to help new parents
A sign marking a place where parents can change their baby's diapers or rest while feeding them is spreading nationwide as local authorities roll out increasing numbers of such facilities.
JAPAN / Society
May 21, 2015
11 babies left in hospital's 'baby hatch' in fiscal 2014
The number of unwanted babies dropped off at Jikei Hospital's so-called baby hatch reached 11 in fiscal 2014 — topping 10 for the first time in four years, the city of Kumamoto has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2015
Fake Ergobaby carriers sold online in Japan: consumer watchdog
Knock-off versions of U.S. baby carrier Ergobaby have hit the Japanese online market, according to a Tokyo-based consumer watchdog dedicated to catching fake brand goods.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE KIDS' TABLE
Feb 17, 2015
Kiddie comfort food reigns supreme at Baby King Kitchen
Blink and you might miss it, but tucked away on a side street, off the old-school shōtengai (shopping street) in Tokyo's Koenji neighborhood, is Baby King Kitchen, an establishment where even adults eat off the kid's menu.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 16, 2015
Twisted spending priorities of a graying nation
All Americans ought to want effective and efficient government, but government is being strangled as the rising costs of baby-boomer retirees reduce the capacity of other programs to fulfill their missions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 10, 2014
Sendai mom, 31, admits suffocating baby girl, is arrested
Miyagi Prefecture Police said they arrested a 31-year-old woman from Aoba Ward, Sendai, on Tuesday on suspicion of killing her 4-month-old daughter.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 4, 2014
Dead newborn left in Kumamoto 'baby hatch'; mom arrested
A woman is arrested on suspicion of leaving the dead body of her newborn son in a 'baby hatch' at a hospital in Kumamoto.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2014
Organ-failure death of baby prompts police probe in Kobe
Police are investigating the June death of a 4-month-old boy from Kobe who suffered multiple-organ failure days after receiving a massage from the 56-year-old female director of a nonprofit organization.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 30, 2014
Australia seeks Thai help for Aussie couples, surrogate babies
Australia urged Thailand on Friday to allow Australian couples with babies born by Thai surrogate mothers to return home with their children following a crackdown on commercial surrogacy that has left many couples in limbo.
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
BUSINESS / Companies
May 29, 2014
Pigeon's quest for the perfect nipple
In a quiet side room at Pigeon Corp.'s spacious R&D facility north of Tokyo, researchers are on a high-tech quest to perfect a baby's bottle nipple that replicates that of a breast-feeding mother.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 27, 2014
Baby boomers becoming gray gang
As the last of Japan's baby boomers turn 65 this year and retire, many are taking low-paid or voluntary work to get them out of the house — a trend that could have broad-reaching effects.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 4, 2014
Baby facilities take the tantrums out of shopping
"Toddler" and "shopping" are two words that are likely to instill instant fear into the heart of all but the most unflappable of parents.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 31, 2014
Call the sitter: Parents resort to online services out of economic necessity
Most Japanese parents who use babysitters do so because of work obligations.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 19, 2014
Baby sitter in Saitama used fake name: mom
The 26-year-old baby sitter from Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, under arrest for allegedly abandoning the body of a 2-year-old boy who had been in his care, had offered his services under a fictitious name, police said Wednesday.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Mar 18, 2014
Boy's death highlights need for baby-sitting regulations, experts say
The death of a 2-year-old boy while under the care of a baby sitter hired over the Internet demonstrates the pressing need for measures and systems to ensure that parents can leave their children with reliable parties.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 18, 2014
Police arrest Saitama baby sitter hired online over death of boy
Police said Tuesday they have arrested Yuji Motte, a 26-year-old baby sitter in Fujimi, Saitama Prefecture, in connection with the death of a boy whose body was found Monday morning in his apartment.

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