The move is a major policy shift in country’s male-dominated parliament and brings Japan into line with more than 90 other countries
Japan is to permit the sale of emergency contraceptives without prescription on a trial basis, weeks after it approved the abortion pill.
The move, reported by media on Tuesday, will bring Japan into line with dozens of other countries where the morning-after pill is already available over the counter.
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