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■しかくWho's Who

◆だいやまーくICHINOKAWA Yasutaka
◇KOIZUMI Yoshiyuki
◇KOKADO Minori
◇MATSUBARA Yoko
◇TATEIWA Shinya
◇YAMAMOTO Yumiko
◇YUI Hideki

■しかくLiterature

◇KOKADO Minori April 30, 2015 French Bioethics Law: How Reproductive Medicine Is Conducted,Nakanishiya Shuppan, 228p. ISBN-10: 4779509610 ISBN-13: 9784779509612 3800+tax [amazon]/[kinokuniya]

◇YUI Hideki March 25, 2015 Modern History of Artificial Insemination: Postwar "Families" and Medicines / Technologies,Seikyusha, 306p. ISBN-10:4787233858 ISBN-13:978-4787233851 3000+ [amazon]/[kinokuniya] ※(注記)

◇YAMAMOTO Yumiko March 20, 2015 Becoming a Stillbirth Child: Interpreting "a Fetus who Is Going to Die" and Bioethics from Case Studies in France,Seikatsu Shoin, 272p. ISBN-10:4865000356 ISBN-13:978-4865000351 2800+ tax [amazon]/[kinokuniya]

◇KROLØKKE Charlotte March 31, 2014 "KinTra -A Danish research project When babies, bodies and bioethics are on the move", KOKADO Minori, YOSHIDA Kashimi & MATSUBARA Yoko (Eds.) March 31, 2014 Technologies and Ethics concerning Reproduction: From Japanese/European Viewpoints, Report Issued by Research Center for Ars Vivendi of Ritsumeikan University, Vol.22, pp.165-177.

◇KOKADO Minori, YOSHIDA Kashimi & MATSUBARA Yoko (Eds.) March 31, 2014 Technologies and Ethics concerning Reproduction: From Japanese/European Viewpoints, Report Issued by Research Center for Ars Vivendi of Ritsumeikan University, Vol.22, 240p. ISSN 1882-6539※(注記)

◇Research Center for Ars Vivendi of Ritsumeikan University (Ed.) March 31, 2014 Ars Vivendi Vol.7,Seikatsu Shoin,272p. ISBN-10: 4865000216 ISBN-13: 9784865000214 2200+tax [amazon]/[kinokuniya] ※(注記)

◇YUI Hideki September 1, 2012 "Assisted Reproductive Technologies: Present / Past/ Future of Artificial Insemination by Donor"
http://www.ritsumei-arsvi.org/en/news/read/id/173

◇KOIZUMI Yoshiyuki June 22, 2012 Philosophy of Life and Illness: Political Economy of Existence, Seidosha, 384p. ISBN-10:4791766571 ISBN-13:978-4791766574; 2400 yen + tax [amazon]/[kinokuniya] ※(注記)

◇TAMAI Mariko & OTANI Izumi (Eds.) March 5, 2011 Introductory Bioethics 235p. ISBN-10: 4641124205 ISBN-13: 978-4641124202 1995 [amazon]/[kinokuniya] ※(注記)

◇SAKURAI Hiroko & HOTTA Yoshitaro (Eds.) December 4, 2009 Ethics of Birth: Choice toward "Living",Report Issued by Research Center for Ars Vivendi of Ritsumeikan University, Vol.10, 194p. ISSN 1882-6539

◇MATSUBARA Yoko December 1998 "The Enactment of Japan's Sterilization Laws in the 1940s: A Prelude to Postwar Eugenic Policy," Historia Scientiarum, The History of Science Society of Japan, vol.8, no.2, pp.187-201. [MS Word, English]

◆だいやまーくTSUCHIYA Takashi 1997 "Eugenic Sterilizations in Japan and Recent Demands for Apology: A Report", Newsletter of the Network on Ethics and Intellectual Disability 3(1): 1-4

◇TATEIWA Shinya 1997 On Private Property(Shiteki-Shoyu Ron), Tokyo, Keiso-Shobo
Chapter 9 "Dealing with correct forms of eugenics" (translation by Robert Chapeskie)

1970's- in Japan
chapter 9, note 9
Assertions made within the women's movement during this period are not homogenous. This is symbolized by the conflict between the "Chupiren" ("Chusetuskinshihou ni hantaishi pirukaikin wo youkyusuru josei kaihourengo" or "Alliance of women who oppose the law prohibiting abortion and demand the lifting of the ban on the pill") which asserted that "whether or not to give birth should be decided by the woman in question", called for access to abortion as a right in all cases, viewed the Eugenic Protection Law as a law prohibiting abortion, and demanded the complete abolition of this law and a lifting of the ban on the [female contraceptive] pill, and the "Ribu Shinjuku Senta ("Shinjuku Lib Centre") which, while taking up the abolition of the Eugenic Protection Law and the idea of abortion as a right, at the same time also took issue with a society that placed all of the burdens of parenthood on one parent, addressing the problem of a society in which women will not give birth and asserting that to make abortion truly a right there must be "a society which supports childbearing, a society in which women want to give birth". The former sides completely with the parent = women and consistently argues from this perspective (?E). The latter takes issue with a society which prioritizes productivity and does not support childrearing and explores the possibility of a joint attack against eugenic thought. Here amniocentesis testing is criticized (?F).
The latter movement was eventually taken over by the woman's movement. However, while the emphasis may have shifted towards asserting the rights of women as the individuals in question and away from addressing the factors that shape the current reality and fighting to change them alongside disabled people, the idea that the issue should be approached from the perspective of addressing the burdens placed on women rather than actively supporting selective abortion itself remained unchanged. (Even in ?E these kinds of rights are not actively argued). Akiyama [1991] [1993] states that while the Chupiren's flamboyant behavior drew a lot of attention from the mass media it did not comprise the largest segment of the movement at the time. The above is therefore a confirmation of the range of amplitude of the assertions being made during this period (cf. Tanaka [1972] [1983], Ehara [1991b], "Impaction" 73 [1992], Ueno [1994:5-8], and Morioka [1995c]).

■しかくTheme-related Sites

◇Bioethics
◇Eugenics
◇Discourses on Prenatal Diagnosis
◇Prenatal Diagnosis

■しかくNewspaper Articles

◆だいやまーくAugust 5, 2014 "More Japanese women freezing their eggs as insurance for future pregnancies" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/08/05/national/social-issues/more-japanese-women-freezing-their-eggs-as-inusrance-for-future-pregnancies/

◆だいやまーくJune 15, 2014 "Plan for surrogate births" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/06/15/editorials/plan-surrogate-births/

◆だいやまーくMarch 17, 2014 "Women taking charge to save the environment" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/03/17/commentary/world-commentary/women-taking-charge-to-save-the-environment/

◆だいやまーくDecember 12, 2013 "Top court rules transsexual husband as father of in vitro child" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/12/national/crime-legal/top-court-rules-transsexual-husband-as-father-of-in-vitro-child/

◆だいやまーくApril 17, 2013 "Japan’s population falls by record level" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/17/national/social-issues/japans-population-falls-by-record-level/

◆だいやまーくMarch 10, 2013 "Radiation ‘may affect reproduction’" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/10/national/radiation-may-affect-reproduction/

◆だいやまーくOctober 14, 2012 "Why stem-cell science thrives in Japan" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/10/14/national/science-health/why-stem-cell-science-thrives-in-japan/

◆だいやまーくApril 29, 2012 "Reversing Japan’s rising sex aversion may depend on a rebirth of hope" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2012/04/29/commentary/reversing-japans-rising-sex-aversion-may-depend-on-a-rebirth-of-hope/

◆だいやまーくNovember 2, 2011 "The end of population growth" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2011/11/02/commentary/world-commentary/the-end-of-population-growth/

◆だいやまーくFebruary 8, 2009 "City ecology explains Japan’s low birthrate" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/02/08/national/science-health/city-ecology-explains-japans-low-birthrate/

◆だいやまーくMay 28, 2007 "Woman born in vitro gave birth in 2003" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/05/28/national/woman-born-in-vitro-gave-birth-in-2003/

◆だいやまーくMarch 24, 2007 "Top court: No registry for pair born to surrogate" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/05/28/national/woman-born-in-vitro-gave-birth-in-2003/

◆だいやまーくDecember 13, 2006 "Couple with HIV want child by in vitro" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/12/13/national/couple-with-hiv-want-child-by-in-vitro/

◆だいやまーくOctober 10, 2005 "Cord blood stem cells reproduced" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/10/10/national/cord-blood-stem-cells-reproduced/

◆だいやまーくSeptember 30, 2005 "Dead sperm donor’s in vitro paternity not recognized" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2005/09/30/national/dead-sperm-donors-in-vitro-paternity-not-recognized/

◆だいやまーくDecember 13, 2001 "When sex roles reverse" (The Japan Times)
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/12/13/national/science-health/when-sex-roles-reverse/

■しかくEvents

◆だいやまーくJanuary 30, 2010 "Open Lecture Cinema Education "Humanity and Society Today" Series 4 "In the Midst of Hardship ? Children and Hope": "Hasshu"", Suzaku Campus, Ritsumeikan University