Fukuda Hospital, an obstetrics and gynecology hospital in Kumamoto, has become the first hospital in Japan to offer an adoption service for abandoned young children.

The health ministry said the hospital has arranged two adoptions since May. The hospital is focusing on abused or abandoned children under 6 for adoption, according to Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun.

In Japan, the major issue with adoption agencies is that they receive donations from parents wishing to adopt. However, Fukuda Hospital announced that it will not take any such contributions or donations from the private sector. "We will not allow any dubious money flow in the adoption process. By not taking money, we will increase the transparency and get rid of the business element," Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun quoted the hospital director as saying.

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