Disability News Japan Podcast: Twenty-Six Prefectures in Japan ‘blacked out’ Information on Former Eugenic Protection Law Victims

From Barrier Free Japan

August 22 2023

JAPAN – In response to a Japanese Diet investigation into the issue of forced sterilization of persons with disabilities under the former Eugenic Protection Law (1948-96), 26 prefectures submitted ‘blacked out’ documents to the Japanese Diet, according to an interview with the Research Bureau of the House of Representatives and local governments.

Episode Notes: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2023/08/20/twenty-six-prefectures-in-japan-blacked-out-information-on-former-eugenics-protection-law-victims/