Sperm bank to be set up in Tokyo for donors ready to disclose identity

A sperm bank only for donors who agree to disclose their identity will be set up at a Tokyo clinic, its organizer said Thursday, in a first for Japan.Hiromi Ito, who counsels on infertility, said she hopes "to create a society where parents can openly tell their children the facts about their births" through the sperm bank at Private Care Clinic Tokyo.Currently, sperm donations in the country are carried out almost exclusively on an anonymous basis.Ito, who gave birth to two children through donated sperm, said she aims to start the bank by the end of this year.In Japan, artificial insemina…READ FULL ARTICLE