Building a Support Network: Japanese Adoptees Take to Social Media to Share Their Stories

Clockwise from upper left, Ayumu, Yūsuke, and Ryūki of the YouTube channel Origin44. (Courtesy Origin44)

Yūsuke (left) and Ayumu. (© Gotō Eri)

Iwasaki Mieko says she wants adoptees to benefit from laws designed to give them information on their biological families. (© Gotō Eri)

Alex Gilbert. (© Gotō Eri)