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Hospital operator plans to open Tokyo's 1st 'baby hatch' in FY 2024 (mainichi.jp)

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TOKYO -- A social welfare corporation based in the capital's Sumida Ward revealed on Sept. 28 that it is planning to establish a "baby hatch" at one of its hospitals in the ward in fiscal 2024 to anonymously accept infants whose parents are unable to raise them.

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[–] espentan@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

My mom's probably wondering if it'll take 40 year olds.

Japan's birthrate was apparently at its lowest ever last year but that still meant 800k babies, so there might be a few dropping by the hatch.