The approval means women and girls in Japan will now be able to buy the “morning-after” pill without a doctor’s prescription, a change long demanded by women’s rights groups.

Japan’s health ministry has for the first time given the go-ahead for a morning-after pill to be sold over-the-counter (OTC) ...

Japan has given regulatory approval for an over-the-counter contraceptive pill, its manufacturer said on Monday, the first ...

Japan has for the first time approved over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraceptive pill, its manufacturer says, ...

The "morning-after" pill is already available without prescription in more than 90 countries. Japan's conservative views on ...

The pill, Norlevo, can now be purchased without a prescription, with no age restrictions or parental consent required, though ...

Japan has given regulatory approval for an over-the-counter contraceptive pill, its manufacturer said on Monday, the first ...

Japan has given regulatory approval for an over-the-counter contraceptive pill, its manufacturer said on Monday, the first ...

Aska Pharmaceutical's Norlevo is the first emergency contraceptive pill to be approved for sale without a prescription in the ...

Japan's health ministry has approved the over-the-counter sale of emergency contraceptive pill Norlevo by Aska Pharmaceutical Co., the company said Monday. It is the first time for an emergency contra ...