Foreign sperm bank, 50% of customers are selective unmarried mothers
Sayuri, a broadcaster who gave birth to unmarried children, revealed his son. He was a white man with blue eyes, but the Japanese are concerned that their identities will be revealed, so the number of people actually donating sperm has declined significantly.
Correspondent Yoon Seol-young reports.
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The son, born by broadcaster Sayuri, through a Japanese sperm bank, has a white skin color and blue eyes.
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He said it was not easy to find Asian sperm.
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This is the homepage of a foreign sperm bank that opened in Tokyo in February last year.
Over 150 sperm transactions have been made so far, and 50% of customers are selective unmarried mothers like Sayuri.
The nationality of sperm donors is mostly European countries such as Denmark, Portugal and Spain.
The number of sperm providers in Japan has declined significantly since 2018.
It had a big impact when a child born with sperm won a lawsuit asking for the identification of the sperm provider.
He began to hesitate to provide sperm, fearing that his identity would be revealed later.
At Keio University Hospital, the number of donors has decreased significantly, and in two years, in vitro procedures through third-party sperm donation have been cut by almost half.
In view of this situation, the Japanese government also revised the law stating that sperm providers cannot become paternal fathers.
(Screen source: Sayuri Instagram, Creos)
(Video Design: Jaehun Shin / Image Graphics: Youngjoo Han)