Is abortion legal in Japan?
Legal (broad reasons)
Abortion is permitted on broad grounds including economic or social reasons.
Japan is one of 16 countries classified “Legal (broad reasons)” for abortion — 7% of the 220 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Abortion law
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- South Korea
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- North Korea
- Legal on request Abortion is available on request, subject to a gestational limit.
- Taiwan
- Legal (broad reasons) Abortion is permitted on broad grounds including economic or social reasons.
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Illegal Abortion is prohibited, with no explicit exceptions recorded.
- Hong Kong
- Legal (broad reasons) Abortion is permitted on broad grounds including economic or social reasons.
- Macau
- Legal (limited) Abortion is permitted on limited grounds such as a risk to health.
Other laws in Japan
- Euthanasia
- Varies by region
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- Surrogacy
- Unregulated
- Organ Donor Consent
- Opt-in (explicit consent)
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.