Japan top court orders damages for forced sterilization

Japan top court orders damages for forced sterilization

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expresses an apology at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, following Japan's Supreme Court's order earlier in the day to the government to pay damages to plaintiffs who were forced to undergo sterilization surgery in the 1950s to 1970s under a now-defunct eugenics protection law.

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