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Japanese to compensate victims of forced sterilization

Author: Elaine Lies

In: Reuters, 2019

Report on Japanese law that compensates thousands of people who were sterilized, often without their consent, under a government program to prevent the birth of “inferior descendants” that remained in effect under “Eugenics Protection Law”, from 1948 to 1996.

See also: Kyodo, ‘Woman sues Japan over forced sterilization under eugenics law’, Japan Times, 3 July 2020.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/07/03/national/crime-legal/forced-sterilization-eugenics-law-court/#.Xx8tYvhKhxg

Available online at:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-sterilisations/japanese-passes-law-to-compensate-forced-sterilization-victims-idUSKCN1S00BT