National / Social Issues Feb 22, 2018
Records released Wednesday raise suspicions that sterilization may have been forced on young girls despite stipulations in the law against surgery being conducted on those not able to become pregnant.
Editorials Feb 3, 2018
The government has a moral duty to quickly compensate victims of the eugenics law.
National / Social Issues Feb 2, 2018
Lawyers set up hotlines for victims of 1948-1996 eugenics law
Lawyers in five cities set up telephone counseling hotlines Friday for individuals who were forced into sterilization or affected by the Eugenic Protection Law to gauge the effect that the now-defunct act has had nationwide. Volunteer lawyers based in Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka ...