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3 more victims sue Japan government over forced sterilisation

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TOKYO: Three people who were forcibly sterilised under a now-defunct eugenics law in Japan are suing the government Thursday (May 17) as part of…
TOKYO: Three people who were forcibly sterilised under a now-defunct eugenics law in Japan are suing the government Thursday (May 17) as part of a movement seeking an apology and compensation for victims.
The suits, which are being filed in Tokyo and elsewhere in Japan, come after the first such legal action by a victim earlier this year.
“I came out (to court) hoping that many other victims, who have been in agony for decades like myself, will raise their voices and join hands with us” in seeking justice, said a 75-year-old plaintiff filing suit in Tokyo.
“I want the government to admit the truth and I want my life back,” he told reporters, using the pseudonym Saburo Kita.
Kita was sterilised as a teenager. When he married years later, he couldn’t bring himself to tell his wife, only confiding in her shortly before her death in 2013.
He is seeking 30 million yen (US$273,000) from the government, his lawyer Naoto Sekiya said.
“Not only did the parliament fail to take action (on relief measures), the administration also actively implemented a policy that was clearly a breach of the constitution even at the time,” Sekiya told reporters.

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