Japan’s sterilized ‘eugenics’ victims to get payout 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseThousands of Japanese people — some as young as nine — forcibly sterilized under now-defunct eugenics laws, will receive government compensation after lawmakers passed historic legislation on Wednesday. Lawyers and campaigners have long criticized the government and parliament for failing to compensate victims long after the eugenics law was abandoned in 1996. Tokyo has pledged to pay the compensation “swiftly” but the government will likely continue to battle in court against victims claiming more. Germany and Sweden had similar eugenics laws and governments there have also apologized and paid compensation to the victims.

Source: Manila Bulletin April 25, 2019 02:11 UTC