San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo's Sumida Ward has introduced confidential births and a "baby hatch," becoming the second medical facility in Japan to adopt such measures after Jikei Hospital in the city ...

Japan is likely to cover parents’ hospital fees for childbirth from April 2026 as the country struggles to reverse its falling birth rate. A panel of experts tasked with examining ways to ease ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on April 27, 2025. The original video can be viewed here. The world's population may have recently exceeded eight billion, but it's a deceptive ...