2018-08-07 | March for Life
The night before the March for Life, I arrived early to a gathering for pro-life leaders from around East Asia. The first person I met was a twenty-something Japanese woman, who was preparing some signs. We were meeting at a Catholic church, and I asked her, “Do...
2018-07-26 | March for Life, March for Life
See full story in Asia Times at atimes.com/article/tokyo-pro-life-march-and-asias-dark-history-of-eugenics. This article is a valuable summary of Japan’s messy history of abortion. But the small pro-life movement is bringing change. Pro-life leaders came from...
2018-07-23 | Abortion, Adoption
Japan hosts “the world’s most international March for Life” For Immediate Release Joe Woodard Original: July 17, 2018 +852 69955692 Revised: July 22, 2018 joe@asiaforlife.com Japan’s Annual March for Life growing steadily Many more...
2018-07-17 | Adoption, Japan, Japan, Japan, Japan
While on my way to join the participants for the March for Life in Tokyo, I read this simple and surprising news story: “‘Special Adoption’ System Eyed for Change”. (*See excerpt below.) Japan’s March for Life was begun by Kenzo Tsujioka, a pastor who had...
2018-06-25 | Abortion, Japan, Japan
Every year, the Japan March for Life takes place on or near July 13, because Japan’s Eugenic Protection Act was passed on July 13, 1948. After the law was passed, abortion became extremely common, exceeding one million per year in the early 1950’s. (Today,...
2018-06-23 | Uncategorized
“The state has not apologized or provided compensation to the around 25,000 people who were sterilized due to mental or other illnesses under the law, which remained in force until 1996, saying it was legal at the time. Of the total, 16,500 people are believed...
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