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)

Fukuoka preserves 500 Asian films

Fukuoka preserves 500 Asian films

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 8, 2014, shows Yoshiyuki Yahiro, a curator at the Fukuoka City Public Library in Sawara Ward, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, standing inside the library's film archive which possesses a total of about 1,000 films from around the world.

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.

Former Mitsui & Co. President Yahiro dies at 86

Former Mitsui & Co. President Yahiro dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - Toshikuni Yahiro (file photo), former chairman and president of Mitsui & Co., died of a stroke on Oct. 27. He was 86. He became Mitsui chairman in 1985 and stepped down in 1990 to serve in senior advisory positions. He left Mitsui in 1998.

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.

Lawyers urge state not to appeal verdict

Lawyers urge state not to appeal verdict

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Mitsuhide Yahiro, representing lawyers for Kumamoto plaintiffs, speak at a news conference after the Kumamoto District Court ruled on their damages suit May 11. He urged the state not to appeal the verdict and instead take measures promptly to help the plaintiffs restore their honor.

Former Mitsui & Co. President Yahiro dies at 86

Former Mitsui & Co. President Yahiro dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - Toshikuni Yahiro (file photo), former chairman and president of Mitsui & Co., died of a stroke on Oct. 27. He was 86. He became Mitsui chairman in 1985 and stepped down in 1990 to serve in senior advisory positions. He left Mitsui in 1998.

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)

Compensation issue for leprosy patients' kin

Compensation issue for leprosy patients' kin

Mitsuhide Yahiro, who jointly represents a group of family members of former leprosy patients who filed a lawsuit to seek compensation from the state for their suffering under the government's now defunct segregation policy, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 12, 2019, after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered an apology to them. Abe said earlier in the week the government will not appeal a recent court ruling in Kumamoto awarding damages to former leprosy patients' kin. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Soccer: Kawasaki manager Kazama to leave post at end of season

Soccer: Kawasaki manager Kazama to leave post at end of season

Kawasaki Frontale manager Yahiro Kazama, 54, seen in this undated photo, is set to step down at the end of the J-League season when his five-year contract expires, a club source said on Oct. 12, 2016. (Kyodo) ==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.

Lawyers urge state not to appeal verdict

Lawyers urge state not to appeal verdict

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Mitsuhide Yahiro, representing lawyers for Kumamoto plaintiffs, speak at a news conference after the Kumamoto District Court ruled on their damages suit May 11. He urged the state not to appeal the verdict and instead take measures promptly to help the plaintiffs restore their honor.