A hospital in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has started accepting outpatients again more than a week after a ...

Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Wednesday that 10,857 people were transported to hospitals by ambulance for heatstroke in Japan in the week through Sunday, up 2.4 times from the ...

To support women facing unwanted pregnancies, a Tokyo hospital has launched a confidential birth program, becoming the second medical facility in Japan to offer such a service. Sanikukai Hospital in ...

Having a baby is never easy, and can be especially hard in Japan, where mothers are expected to tough out a lot of aspects of childbirth. But on the flip side, Japanese moms also enjoy top-notch ...

KUMAMOTO--Around the clock at Jikei Hospital here, 12 counselors at Jikei Hospital offer support through email and by phone to women wanting to give birth to their babies anonymously. The hospital in ...