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Forced Sterilization
Under its post-war Eugenic Protection Law, Japan forcibly sterilized over 16,500 individuals from 1948 to 1996. The program targeted individuals with disabilities, in order to “revive the Japanese race.”
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“Harmed by the Diet”: Politician Mizuho Fukushima on Japan’s sterilization victims
2021.12.01 14:30 Mariko Tsuji
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Despite legislation, only 3.8% of Japan’s sterilization victims have received remediation
2021.11.22 11:47 Mariko Tsuji
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Welfare, education, and media elites were involved in post-war eugenic group
2021.05.19 10:18 Sayaka Kaji
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“Forced Sterilization” wins poverty journalism grand prize
2018.09.21 22:57 Tansa
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The health and labor ministry demanded family medical and criminal history
2018.08.24 21:14 Sayaka Kaji
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Junko’s story
2018.06.18 18:25 Sayaka Kaji
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Prefectural review board decisions on forced sterilization “comparable with Nazis”
2018.06.11 17:54 Sayaka Kaji
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Japan’s prefectures competed for decades to sterilize people with disabilities, under instructions from the health ministry
2018.06.04 18:02 Sayaka Kaji