Court ruling on selective reduction

Court ruling on selective reduction

OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 7 Kyodo - Yahiro Netsu, a medical doctor who runs a maternity clinic in Nagano Prefecture, attends a press conference in Osaka on Jan. 28, 2020, after the Osaka District Court dismissed earlier in the day a damages lawsuit filed by a husband and wife who claimed that errors in selective reduction procedure carried out at an Osaka clinic when the woman was pregnant with quintuplets had led to her miscarriage, leaving her without any children. Netsu, who sides with the couple, calls for the central government to establish legal rules on multiple pregnancy to ensure selective reduction, or the practice of reducing the number of fetuses in a multiple pregnancy, is conducted safely.(Kyodo)

Surrogate arrangement for babies

Surrogate arrangement for babies

TOKYO, Japan, July 31 Kyodo - Undated combined photo shows TV personality Aki Mukai and medical doctor Yahiro Netsu. Mukai's twin babies were born through a surrogate mother in the United States in 2003. Netsu said in 2001 his maternity clinic had made a surrogacy arrangement for a woman, becoming the first Japanese medical institution to officially announce such a procedure.(Kyodo)

Surrogate mother gives birth to own grandchild

Surrogate mother gives birth to own grandchild

NAGANO, Japan - Yahiro Netsu, director of the Suwa Maternity Clinic in Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture, speaks to reporters on Feb. 29 about the eighth surrogate birth at the clinic. Netsu said a woman in her 50s gave birth to her own grandson through surrogate birth on behalf of her daughter, who was born without a womb.

Woman in 50s gives birth to own grandchild

Woman in 50s gives birth to own grandchild

TOKYO, Japan - Yahiro Netsu, director of the Suwa Maternity Clinic in Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture, explains a surrogate birth at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15. A woman in her 50s gave birth to her own grandchild last year at his clinic in a host surrogacy on behalf of her daughter in her 30s, who had had her uterus removed for cancer.

Doctor says produced 1st surrogate birth in Japan

Doctor says produced 1st surrogate birth in Japan

NAGANO, Japan - Suwa Maternity Clinic Director Yahiro Netsu meets the press on May 19 to announce he has helped a woman become the first surrogate mother in Japan. The woman successfully gave birth at the clinic in the town of Shimosuwa in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, this spring for her sister, who had undergone a hysterectomy.

Surrogate mother gives birth to own grandchild

Surrogate mother gives birth to own grandchild

NAGANO, Japan - Yahiro Netsu, director of the Suwa Maternity Clinic in Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture, speaks to reporters on Feb. 29 about the eighth surrogate birth at the clinic. Netsu said a woman in her 50s gave birth to her own grandson through surrogate birth on behalf of her daughter, who was born without a womb. (Kyodo)

Woman in 50s gives birth to own grandchild

Woman in 50s gives birth to own grandchild

TOKYO, Japan - Yahiro Netsu, director of the Suwa Maternity Clinic in Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture, explains a surrogate birth at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15. A woman in her 50s gave birth to her own grandchild last year at his clinic in a host surrogacy on behalf of her daughter in her 30s, who had had her uterus removed for cancer. (Kyodo)

Doctor says produced 1st surrogate birth in Japan

Doctor says produced 1st surrogate birth in Japan

NAGANO, Japan - Suwa Maternity Clinic Director Yahiro Netsu meets the press on May 19 to announce he has helped a woman become the first surrogate mother in Japan. The woman successfully gave birth at the clinic in the town of Shimosuwa in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, this spring for her sister, who had undergone a hysterectomy.