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Japan empress meets kimono-clad girls in Toronto

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Empress Michiko chats with girls and women wearing kimono at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Center in Toronto on July 9. The empress also visited a children's hospital in the city and crooned the Japanese lullaby ''Yurikago no Uta'' (Cradle Song) for the children.

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Japan's 1st baby hatch starts operating in Kumamoto

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japan's first baby hatch (in photo) began operating on May 10 in the city of Kumamoto, Kyushu, to enable people to anonymously leave babies there. The hatch, called ''konotori no yurikago'' (stork cradle), has been set up at Jikei Hospital.

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Japan's 1st 'baby hatch' set up, to start operations in mid-May

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japan's first ''baby hatch'' (photo) is set up in Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto City, southwestern Japan, on May 1 to enable parents who cannot care for infants to anonymously drop them off and will start operating in mid-May. The hatch, which the hospital calls ''konotori no yurikago'' (stork cradle), takes the form of a box accessible from outside the hospital by opening a door.

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Japan's 1st 'baby hatch' set up, to start operations in mid-May

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japan's first ''baby hatch,'' set up at Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto City, southwestern Japan, on May 1, takes the form of a box accessible from outside the hospital by opening a door. The hatch, which the hospital calls ''konotori no yurikago'' (stork cradle), will enable parents who cannot care for infants to anonymously drop them off, and will start operating in mid-May.

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Japan empress meets kimono-clad girls in Toronto

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Empress Michiko chats with girls and women wearing kimono at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Center in Toronto on July 9. The empress also visited a children's hospital in the city and crooned the Japanese lullaby ''Yurikago no Uta'' (Cradle Song) for the children. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 1st 'baby hatch' set up, to start operations in mid-May

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japan's first ''baby hatch,'' set up at Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto City, southwestern Japan, on May 1, takes the form of a box accessible from outside the hospital by opening a door. The hatch, which the hospital calls ''konotori no yurikago'' (stork cradle), will enable parents who cannot care for infants to anonymously drop them off, and will start operating in mid-May. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 1st 'baby hatch' set up, to start operations in mid-May

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japan's first ''baby hatch'' (photo) is set up in Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto City, southwestern Japan, on May 1 to enable parents who cannot care for infants to anonymously drop them off and will start operating in mid-May. The hatch, which the hospital calls ''konotori no yurikago'' (stork cradle), takes the form of a box accessible from outside the hospital by opening a door. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 1st baby hatch starts operating in Kumamoto

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Japan's first baby hatch (in photo) began operating on May 10 in the city of Kumamoto, Kyushu, to enable people to anonymously leave babies there. The hatch, called ''konotori no yurikago'' (stork cradle), has been set up at Jikei Hospital. (Kyodo)