Disability News Japan Podcast: Japan’s Supreme Court Grand Bench to Rule on Forced Sterilization Damages

By Barrier Free Japan

November 3 2023

JAPAN – The Japanese Supreme Court’s First Petty Bench decided Wednesday to have the top court’s Grand Bench issue a unified ruling on five damages lawsuits filed by forced sterilization victims under the now-defunct eugenic protection law. 

The lawsuits were initially filed with district courts in Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Osaka and Kobe. All but Tokyo District Court found the old law unconstitutional, while all the five rejected damages claims citing the statute of limitation.

Episode Notes: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2023/11/01/japans-supreme-court-grand-bench-to-rule-on-forced-sterilization-damages/