Three people filed lawsuits on Thursday seeking 79.5 million yen ($721,000) each in compensation from the Japanese government claiming they were forcibly sterilised under the nation’s former eugenics protection law. A man in Tokyo, another in Hokkaido and a woman in Miyagi Prefecture who are all in their 70s, independently filed the suits at their local district courts. According to the latest suits, the man in Hokkaido was forcibly sterilized after being diagnosed with schizophrenia in his late teens. READ ALSO: Allardyce ‘disappointed’ by Everton sackingIn January, a woman in her 60s filed Japan’s first lawsuit against the government claiming she was forcibly sterilised. The Japanese government has maintained that the sterilisations conducted under the eugenics law at the time were legal.

Source: Punch May 17, 2018 10:41 UTC