Japan PM Kishida Accepts Supreme Court Ruling on Forced Sterilizations, Pledges Prompt Payment of Damages

The Yomiuri Shimbun
13:36 JST,
July 4, 2024
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, responding to the Supreme Court’s decision that a now-defunct law allowing forced sterilizations was unconstitutional and that the government was liable for damages, accepted the ruling and expressed sympathy for the victims.
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