Japan's First Abortion Pill Is Here — and Elusive
A woman browses outside of a Tokyo pharmacy. Japan has given the go-ahead to its first abortion pill — but actually getting one can be difficult.
Photographer: Soichiro Koriyama/BloombergHi, it’s Kanoko in Tokyo, where getting your hands on Japan’s first abortion pill has proved tough. But before we get to that...
Japan approved its first abortion pill in April, decades after countries like the US and France, for use by women who are up to nine weeks pregnant.