by Kumi Tsukahara
I would like to share what I have been writing and publishing over the past year:
Books (sole author):
- The Freedom to Give Birth / The Freedom Not to Give Birth: Unravelling Reproductive Rights — Shueisha, September 2025
- Complete Guide to Abortion Pills, 2nd Edition — RHR Literacy Research Institute
(self-published via Amazon Kindle), July 2025 (1st edition: February 2025)
Book chapters:
3. “Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights: Issues and Prospects” (Chapter 14) in Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Vol. 1 — Akashi Shoten, August 2025
. “Women’s Reproduction and Male Ejaculatory Responsibility” (Chapter 11) in Japan’s “Ejaculatory Responsibility” Debate — Ota Shuppan, December 2025
In February 2026, I conducted Japan’s first Abortion VCAT training and presented at the 5th IWAC conference in Bangkok later that month. I also have an article on childcare support and municipal governments’ role in women’s reproductive rights that came out in March, an interview feature in spring, and three more books in the pipeline on abortion and violence, abortion counselling, and a collaborative work on Ireland’s abortion experience (plus a chapter on unintended pregnancy in a sex education book, due in October).
All of these publications are in Japanese only but… may be translated into English as well!
SOURCE: E-mails from Kumi Tsukahara, February, April and May 2026, and Amazon Kindle.