Forced sterilization in Japan

Forced sterilization in Japan

House of Councillors lawmaker Hidehisa Otsuji (C) speaks in Tokyo on March 14, 2019, during a meeting of a cross-party lawmakers group, which he leads, tasked with exploring ways to help victims of a state sterilization program conducted under the now-defunct 1948 eugenics law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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