The plaintiff, who has not been named, is one of an estimated 16,000 people who were sterilised without their consent under Japan’s eugenics law, which remained in force until 1996. Speaking at a televised press conference, the woman’s sister-in-law said: “We have had agonising days … We stood up to make this society brighter.” The health minister, Katsunobu Kato, declined to comment, saying he wa
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