The Japanese are really perverted, it turns out — a woman actually asked her own mother to be a surrogate!

Namie Amuro and her mother, Yoko Abe, a 27-year-old Japanese woman and her mother held a press conference in Tokyo today. This mother-daughter duo called on the government to quickly establish relevant laws to solve a practical problem they are currently facing: what should their shared child call themselves?

These two women are Namie Amuro, who had her mother act as a surrogate mother to give birth to her child this May, and her mother, Yoko Abe. Namie Amuro had her uterus removed at the age of one due to illness and was unable to become pregnant, ultimately choosing to have her own mother act as her surrogate.

Currently, Japanese law does not impose restrictions on surrogate births. In previous cases of surrogacy, the parties involved were not related by such close kinship, so surrogacy has not yet triggered discussions on ethical issues. However, this case is clearly different. The first question is: what should the child call Namie and Namie's mother, Yoko? Should they be called mom or grandma? The Japanese public is buzzing with discussion over this issue.

Last year, the Japan Academy compiled a situation report on surrogate births. The report believed that laws should be established to generally prohibit surrogate births, but under the management of national authorities, exceptions could be made to recognize surrogate births. In the absence of medical or ethical issues, surrogate births may be allowed in the future. However, laws always lag behind social realities. In just a few years, Namie and her mother's child will begin to understand things, and at that time, this child will encounter a very serious ethical issue.