“The late official, Shunichi Kakurai, who headed the then Health and Welfare Ministry’s public health bureau, also asserted that the law’s provision that allowed forced sterilization operations as “necessary for public good” was “very problematic.” ”
“A woman in Kumamoto city is seeking damages and has given notice of her intention to file a complaint in the Kumamoto district court; having undergone surgery without having a disorder.”
“I’d like you to listen carefully to the stakeholders’ story that discriminatory sterilization has been performed”
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“More than 900 victims of forced sterilizations have been newly identified in 11 prefectures under the postwar Eugenic Protection Law, according to the latest Asahi Shimbun survey.
The additional records and documents found between mid-May and mid-March list 914 names of men and women in 11 prefectures, bringing the total to 4,773 in 29 prefectures.”
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“Participants came from the Hokkaido area right down to Okinawa Prefecture with banners reading “Where is the country’s apologies to victims of forced sterilization surgery!” While raising banners with the text “I want to decide whether to give birth or not myself”, they marched for about 1 hour around Miyagi prefectural office and downtown area.”
“Disabled people in Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan held a protest on Wednesday 30th May 2018 over forced sterilization, at least 150 attended.”
“A plaintiff from Tokyo, a man aged 75, said the government needs to reflect seriously on its failure to take action over more than 20 years. He said he wants the government to apologize and compensate the victims without delay.”
“Under the former eugenic protection law, three people were forced to undergo sterilization surgery, and these three people filed a lawsuit for damages on May 17th. It is the first time a lawsuit against the the former eugenic protection law has been filed.”
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