Damages suit over forced sterilization in Japan

Damages suit over forced sterilization in Japan

Chieko Muto, a 71-year-old visually impaired woman, speaks at a press conference in Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 3, 2020, after filing a lawsuit with a local court. Muto demanded 33 million yen ($307,000) in damages against the Japanese government over her forced sterilization in 1977 under the now-defunct eugenics protection law.

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