Japan top court orders damages for forced sterilization

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, over the 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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