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If you want to go through with it safely, spending the money now will save you a lot more money later...

As long as the particular pill you ordered is not banned in Japan, you should be okay. For future reference, there’s a way to get birth control for about ¥980. DM me if you’re interested. I’ll tell you what you could say to an OBGYN

I ordered from women on web a few months ago and had no issues receiving the package at my apartment

Best bet is to get the pill. It's not crazy expensive and cheaper than continuing on with a pregnancy that you both don't want, and safer than any alternatives.

Hi, I recently just ordered the pills from women on web and was delivered to me without problems. I had doubts before too, of it being illegal but found a Japanese blog about it about a Japanese ordering it and see if it actually gets delivered and it did. Hope this helps, I live in Nagoya.

https://consult.womenhelp.org/en/get-abortion-pills?z_language=en

There is this charity. They send to japan.
You have to give a donation.

I wish you luck.

An at home abortion is illegal in Japan under Article 212 of the Penal Code and punishable by up to a year of imprisonment so please please practice digital security if you’re going this route. I couldn’t find any examples of an actual prosecution in recent years but I would strongly advise going the legal route

Medical abortion is available legally up to 9 weeks and costs around 100k

This is unconscionably expensive but only you can decide what risks made worth for you

Women on web, and use a VPN.

I believe one should not take pills without undergoing ultra sonogram to rule out ectopic pregnancy. Proper consultations with doctor will be helpful.

Be so careful with ectopics. Pill + ectopic can be quite disastrous.

A friend of mine ordered pills from the same company. They got held up in customs and my friend was contacted. They asked her what the purpose of the pills were (there were two.) When taken separately, these pills are used to treat other conditions and they are not illegal in Japan. When taken together that’s when legal waters are muddy. She told customs she was taking the pills for those other conditions and received them. I’m not suggesting you do the same, I’m just telling you what happened. Also note that this was almost a decade ago, and I don’t know if laws have changed regarding these exact pills. If you do get contacted by customs and don’t want to go this route, I believe you can tell them you don’t want the medicine after all and customs will destroy the pills with no consequences on you.

I remember very long ago looking this up for someone who thought they needed to go through the Darknet or something (can't fathom how they figured me as a source of such knowledge other than being a creepy hunched over loner who was always clad in Ween/Shpongle/Beatles shirts and hats...)...

But anyway, it was just a matter of hitting up some organization from a civilized part of the world like those others have commented and waiting a few days. I think they donated some nominal amount. Being way past menopause myself I can't say for certain, but I'd reckon worst case Ontario customs MIGHT toss it, but not put you into some insane prison where you can't even keep a diary or pass the time with music/books, instead being forced to march around in circles all day (when there's no forced labor to be done).

If it's not a >30-day supply and the substance is only unavailable in Japan as opposed to something on their Nixonian DARE-Program brainwashed schedule of "drugs drugs", it's probably kosher... I could import proton-pump inhibitor antacids and (last time I checked) even like phenibut as long as it was "less that 30 days' worth"... And it takes a while to get pregnant 30 times, even if you're trying, know'm'sayin'?

But I wouldn't be confident in that unless I searched the actual name of the molecule in question in Japanese first. I typed that to distract myself from my own mortality and the voices of regret mainly and don't claim to know... about what I'm talking in particular.

Life is so precious. There are accidental parents but no accidental children. Not everyone gets a second chance to have kids later 😢

Can the men who aren’t in the medical field or have any knowledge just STFU on this thread? I’m reading the most asinine, dumbass ill-informed replies to OP’s simple question.