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EUGENIC PROTECTION LAW

EDITORIALS
Jun 9, 2018
Speed relief for eugenics victims
The government should work harder at compensating victims of the Eugenic Protection Law, which remained on the books until 1996.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 6, 2018
Lawmakers weigh compensation for victims of forced sterilization under Japan's defunct eugenics law
The long-delayed step heralds a move toward redressing victims of the 1948 law, which wasn't scrapped until 1996.
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2018
Victims of the eugenics law
The government has a moral duty to quickly compensate victims of the eugenics law.

Longform

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