Comments on: Adoption in Japan

By: Inheritance tax and children in limbo: adoption in Japan. :: Elites TV

Inheritance tax and children in limbo: adoption in Japan. :: Elites TV — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:09:22 +0000

[...] international adoption blogger notes a past case: In one instance, a Tokyo adoption agency that featured “free adoption services” asked [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Inheritance tax and children in limbo: adoption in Japan.

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:47:28 +0000

[...] international adoption blogger notes a past case: In one instance, a Tokyo adoption agency that featured “free adoption services” asked [...]

By: derrikd

derrikd — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:16:04 +0000

Does anyone know of a better agency for adoption from Japan?

My wife and I have just begun looking into this.

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:57:19 +0000

From what I gleaned researching adoption here (I live in Japan) the procedure for placing children through private agencies varies, and the legal side steps in when the court is petitioned for adoption. One agency I spoke with follows pre-adoption practice much like what I read about for the US, with a social worker visiting the home, etc., while another I read about (hearsay here!) required only a written application and a photo. We’ll be meeting with our local Children’s Serivices (gov’t) agency soon, and expect to follow a process similar to a US homestudy with them, though of we don’t know the details yet. The Children’s Services agency operates children’s homes and foster care and arranges adoptions of such children under their care as are legally available for adoption. Rumor has it that most children under their care and looking for adoptive homes are toddlers and up. An interesting bit of info that we learned the other day is that special training is provided for foster or adoptive parents wishing to parent abused children.

By: claire

claire — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:44:47 +0000

I met a couple in Guatemala who were adopting from Japan while he was stationed there with the armed forces. First they get the baby and then the paperwork starts. If the legalities don’t work out, the baby is taken away. They told me they get the baby immediately after birth. Sounds like an ulcer inducing and possibly heart wrenching process.
Lisa S.

By: Sandra Hanks Benoiton

Sandra Hanks Benoiton — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:37:32 +0000

I wonder if the agencies doing abortions are profit-making…

By: Jan Baker

Jan Baker — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:04:16 +0000

"The ministry's guidelines are the first step in clamping down on unscrupulous agencies that violate the Child Welfare Law, which bans profiting from adoption."

I find it interesting how many other countries forbid profiting from adoption.