Japan Govt to Face 3 New Suits over Forced Sterilization
The Japanese government is slated to face three new damages lawsuits over forced sterilization under the now-defunct eugenic protection law.
Category: Forced Sterilization
Nagoya Hearing Impaired Couple Files Lawsuit over Forced Sterilization
A hearing-impaired couple in their 70s from Nagoya City will sue the government for a total of approximately 30 million yen, claiming that they were sterilized under the former Eugenic Protection Law
Osaka Court Rejects Damages Claim over Forced Sterilization
The Osaka District Court on Thursday dismissed a damages lawsuit filed against the government by a couple with disabilities over forced sterilization conducted under the now-defunct eugenic protection law.The ruling came even after Osaka and Tokyo high courts ordered the government to pay damages in similar suits on forced sterilization in February and March, respectively.
Disability News Japan Podcast Episode 88: Japanese Government Ordered to Pay Damages over Forced Sterilization
The Tokyo High Court overturned a lower court ruling, ordering the Japanese government to pay 15 million yen in damages to a 78-year-old man over forced sterilization under the now-defunct eugenic protection law.
Japan Govt Ordered to Pay Damages over Forced Sterilization after Tokyo High Court overturns Lower Court Ruling
Tokyo High Court Presiding Judge Yutaka Hirata concluded that the eugenic protection law was unconstitutional. The plaintiff, a Tokyo resident, had demanded the government pay damages of 30 million yen.
Japan Govt Appeals to Top Court over Forced Sterilization
The Japanese government Monday 7th March appealed to the Supreme Court to challenge a high court verdict ordering damages payments to victims of forced sterilization performed under the now-defunct eugenic protection law.
Japanese Government Ordered to Pay Damages over Forced Sterilization
This is the first high court ruling in suits seeking state compensation for the forced sterilization. It is also the first ruling that has recognized state responsibility for compensation over the matter. Plaintiffs had lost in all six lawsuits filed with district courts.
Osaka High court orders Japan to pay damages for forced sterilizations
The Osaka High Court on Feb. 22 for the first time ordered the central government to compensate plaintiffs forcibly sterilized under a postwar eugenics policy.
During opening arguments over forced sterilization in Osaka, hearing impaired woman communicates through signer: “I would have a different life if I had children. I can’t forgive the country that made the law.”
The first oral argument in a lawsuit in which hearing-impaired people in Kansai sought compensation for damages from the government was held at the Osaka High Court on the 30th, alleging that they were forced to undergo fertility surgery under the former Eugenic Protection Law.
Despite Japan court ruling defunct eugenics law unconstitutional, a claim for damages is once again rejected
A Japanese court on Tuesday ruled as unconstitutional the now-defunct eugenics protection law that authorized the government to stop people with disabilities from having children, but rejected a claim for damages sought by five people.
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