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STERILIZATION

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 17, 2019
Abe to issue apology to victims of forced sterilization under Japan's now-defunct eugenics law
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to issue a statement offering a state apology to those who were subject to forced sterilization under a now-defunct eugenics law, government sources said.
EDITORIALS
Mar 19, 2019
Relief falls short for victims of eugenics law
Relief measures for the victims of forced sterilization should be promptly taken; their plight had already been left unattended for too long.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2019
Victims sterilized under Japan's eugenics law to get ¥3.2 million each under state redress plan
Ruling and opposition party lawmakers on Thursday decided on a bill to provide ¥3.2 million ($28,700) in state redress to every surviving victim of a state sterilization program that was conducted under a now-defunct 1948 eugenics law.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 1, 2019
Joint bill finalized to compensate those forcibly sterilized under Japan's defunct eugenics law
The bill, backed by the ruling and opposition camps, offers an apology and a lump-sum payment of at least u00a53 million to each victim.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2018
Two more sue Japan's government over forced sterilization under postwar eugenics law
Two men sued the state Monday for damages over their forced sterilization under a now-defunct eugenics protection law that mandated the prevention of people with intellectual disabilities from reproducing.
EDITORIALS
Dec 15, 2018
Admit the error of eugenics law
Lawmakers working on a relief measure for people forcefully sterilized should include a clear statement of government responsibility for a terrible policy.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2018
Lawsuits over Japan's past forced sterilizations prompt ruling bloc to consider compensation ahead of court rulings
The decision reflects the parties' consensus that there must be redress soon for the victims, who are advanced in age, without waiting for court decisions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 28, 2018
Three more sue state over forced sterilizations, and an abortion, under Japan's now-defunct eugenics law
Seven plaintiffs have now filed sterilization lawsuits against the government since January.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 27, 2018
More sterilization victims may sue state over eugenics law in June
A newly set up nationwide lawyers' group said Sunday it aims to strengthen efforts to help people who were sterilized under the now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law, with four or five more individuals considering suing the government in late June.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 23, 2018
'Give me back my life': Victims of Japan's forced sterilizations demand justice after decades of silence
One day when Saburo Kita was 14, he was taken from an institution for troubled children to see a doctor. Despite protesting that his health was fine, he was ordered to strip, lie down on a table, and was given a local anaesthetic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 17, 2018
Japan sued by 3 more plaintiffs over forced sterilizations under defunct eugenics law
One of the plaintiffs underwent surgery while living at a children's home, despite not having been diagnosed with any disability or given any information about the procedure.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 20, 2018
More people to sue state over sterilizations under eugenics law
The government may soon face more lawsuits over the forced sterilization of people with disabilities as a group of lawyers said Friday that preparations are under way following the first such lawsuit, which was filed by a Miyagi woman earlier this year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 13, 2018
Fukuoka couple with impaired hearing considers lawsuit over forced sterilization
An elderly couple with impaired hearing in Fukuoka are considering filing a damages suit against the state over sterilization that the husband was forced to undergo as a young man, their supporters said Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 28, 2018
Japanese government seeks dismissal of forced sterilization damages claim
The government demands the dismissal of a compensation claim filed by a woman in her 60s with intellectual disabilities over her forced sterilization under the now-defunct eugenic protection law.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 24, 2018
Japan's panels on forced sterilization skipped mandatory meetings in eight cases: documents
Documents have been found showing that review panels at three prefectural governments authorized the forced sterilization of people from the 1960s to the 1980s under the now-repealed Eugenic Protection Law without following proper procedure.
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2018
Documents show Japan tolerated body restraint, deception and anesthesia in cases of forced sterilizations
A 1949 document unveiled by the Aichi Prefectural Government shows that the predecessor to the Justice Ministry tolerated "body restraint, anesthesia and deception" in "truly necessary and unavoidable" cases of the forced sterilization of people with disabilities under the now-defunct eugenics law.
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2018
Government panel set propose national survey on forced sterilizations under defunct eugenics law: sources
The government is planning to carry out a nationwide survey into forced sterilization operations ordered under a now-defunct eugenics law, amid renewed scrutiny of the practice, sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 22, 2018
Second lawsuit eyed against government over eugenics law, as records in 13 prefectures show sterilizations of children aged 15 and below
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.
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2018
Fukushima finds records of sterilizations performed under eugenic law
Under the now-defunct law, 24,991 had their reproductive capacity removed due to mental or other diseases — including 16,475 without consent.
EDITORIALS
Feb 3, 2018
Victims of the eugenics law
The government has a moral duty to quickly compensate victims of the eugenics law.
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The National Diet building in Tokyo
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A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
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