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Symposium on baby hatches

Takeshi Hasuda, director of Jikei Hospital, speaks at a symposium in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto on July 6, 2024, over issues regarding "baby hatches" that enable parents to anonymously leave infants they are unable to care for.

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Symposium on baby hatches

Takeshi Hasuda, director of Jikei Hospital, speaks at a symposium in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto on July 6, 2024, over issues regarding "baby hatches" that enable parents to anonymously leave infants they are unable to care for.

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8 babies left at 'baby hatch' in Kumamoto

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Taiji Hasuda, president of Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto, speaks at a press conference in the southwestern Japanese city on May 22, 2012. Eight infants were left during fiscal 2011 at the ''baby hatch'' facility for unwanted newborns set up at the hospital, the lowest number since it opened in May 2007, the Kumamoto city office said the same day.

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Japan's 1st baby hatch starts operating in Kumamoto

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Taiji Hasuda, president of Jikei Hospital, speaks at a press conference about Japan's first baby hatch that began operating at the hospital on May 10 to enable people to anonymously leave babies there. The hospital is located in the city of Kumamoto, Kyushu.

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Boy finds 15 mil. yen in cash floating in irrigation ditch

IWATSUKI, Japan - Hundreds of 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen notes are on display at the Iwatsuki Police Station after they were found afloat in an irrigation ditch in Hasuda, Saitama Prefecture, by a 13-year-old boy on Jan. 29. The boy, who was training with a junior baseball team, found the cache while following a foul ball. If the owner of the money is not found, it will go to the representative of the baseball team in six months in accordance with the law, an officer at the police station said.

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2 killed, drums scattered in traffic accident

SAITAMA, Japan - Two truck drivers were killed and about 50 drums of alkyl benzene used for detergent were scattered across the road when their trucks collided on the Tohoku expressway in Hasuda, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Jan. 24.

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Yachtsman Horie lectures via Internet

Students at Hasuda Junior High School in Saitama Prefecture watch Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie (C on background screen), making a solo yacht voyage to Japan from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, give a talk about the sea via the Internet on April 28. Students of Moanalua High School in Honolulu also participated in the event.

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Headquarters of Toko Toshiba Meter Systems Co.

Headquarters = Hasuda City, Saitama Prefecture, November 11, 2018; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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2 killed, drums scattered in traffic accident

SAITAMA, Japan - Two truck drivers were killed and about 50 drums of alkyl benzene used for detergent were scattered across the road when their trucks collided on the Tohoku expressway in Hasuda, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Jan. 24.

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Boy finds 15 mil. yen in cash floating in irrigation ditch

IWATSUKI, Japan - Hundreds of 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen notes are on display at the Iwatsuki Police Station after they were found afloat in an irrigation ditch in Hasuda, Saitama Prefecture, by a 13-year-old boy on Jan. 29. The boy, who was training with a junior baseball team, found the cache while following a foul ball. If the owner of the money is not found, it will go to the representative of the baseball team in six months in accordance with the law, an officer at the police station said. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 1st baby hatch starts operating in Kumamoto

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Taiji Hasuda, president of Jikei Hospital, speaks at a press conference about Japan's first baby hatch that began operating at the hospital on May 10 to enable people to anonymously leave babies there. The hospital is located in the city of Kumamoto, Kyushu. (Kyodo)

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8 babies left at 'baby hatch' in Kumamoto

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Taiji Hasuda, president of Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto, speaks at a press conference in the southwestern Japanese city on May 22, 2012. Eight infants were left during fiscal 2011 at the ''baby hatch'' facility for unwanted newborns set up at the hospital, the lowest number since it opened in May 2007, the Kumamoto city office said the same day. (Kyodo)

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Rice harvesting

File photo taken on Sept. 9, 2018, shows a farmer harvesting rice in Hasuda, Saitama Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Baby hatch" in Japan accepted 125 babies over 9 yrs since launch

Taiji Hasuda, head of Jikei Hospital, known for its controversial "baby hatch," which has enabled parents to leave infants anonymously since 2007, speaks at a press conference in Kumamoto, Japan, on May 9, 2017. The sole such facility in the country received a total of 125 babies over the nine years through March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yachtsman Horie lectures via Internet

Students at Hasuda Junior High School in Saitama Prefecture watch Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie (C on background screen), making a solo yacht voyage to Japan from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, give a talk about the sea via the Internet on April 28. Students of Moanalua High School in Honolulu also participated in the event. ==Kyodo