Damages suit over forced sterilization in Japan

Damages suit over forced sterilization in Japan

Chieko Muto, a 71-year-old visually impaired woman, heads to the Hamamatsu branch of the Shizuoka District Court in central Japan on July 3, 2020, to file a lawsuit against the Japanese government, demanding it pay 33 million yen ($307,000) in damages over her forced sterilization in 1977 under the now-defunct eugenics protection law.

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