Surrogate baby born in India to a Japanese man arrives in Japan

OSAKA, Nov. 2 Kyodo - A baby girl born to an Indian surrogate mother under contract to a Japanese man
arrived in Japan on Sunday after the Japanese government issued her with a
one-year visa on humanitarian grounds.
The baby had been unable to leave India for three months because she holds
neither Indian nor Japanese nationality.
The girl, who was born in late July, arrived at Kansai International Airport in
Osaka Prefecture from India, accompanied by the Japanese man's mother.
The Japanese government issued the visa on Monday after the Indian government
granted the baby a travel certificate in September in line with a decision by
India's Supreme Court.
The Japanese man, who is in his 40s, has not clarified what happens next,
people close to him said.
According to Japanese authorities, it is possible for the baby to become a
naturalized Japanese citizen once a parent-child relationship has been
established, either by the man recognizing his paternity or through his
adopting her.
The baby was born after eggs from an unidentified non-Japanese woman were
fertilized using the Japanese man's sperm and transferred to the womb of the
Indian woman.