Women in Japan to be allowed to buy morning-after pill without a doctor’s prescription

Change in regulations follows lobbying by advocacy groups. In Japan, morning-after pills are colloquially just called “after pills.” That’s probably because adapting English words to Japanese pronunciation adds a few syllables and makes them longer to say — “after pill” is pronounced “afutaa piiru,” and adding “mooningu” would make the term even more unwieldy to […]