{"id":10151,"date":"2025-09-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savvytokyo.com\/?p=10151"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:33:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:33:33","slug":"getting-contraceptive-pill-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savvytokyo.com\/getting-contraceptive-pill-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting The Birth Control (Oral Contraceptive) Pill in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The birth control pill in Japan is known as keikou-hinin-yaku<\/em> (\u7d4c\u53e3\u907f\u598a\u85ac) but more commonly referred to as \u201cpiru<\/em>\u201d (\u30d4\u30eb). They were only legalized in 1999, four decades after they became available in the West. Japan was, in fact, the last U.N. member to approve the drug, and this delay has had a knock-on effect on its popularity even today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in reality, it remains a relatively cheap, effective and increasingly accessible method of birth control that you can get with a little effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n