A woman in her 60s sued the government Tuesday seeking 11 million yen ($101,000) in damages over her forced sterilization when she was a teenager on grounds of mental disability under the now-defunct eugenic protection law.The woman in Miyagi Prefecture, whose name was not disclosed, filed the first such suit over forced sterilizations in Japan at the Sendai District Court, saying the state failed to legislate for relief measures despite the serious human rights infringement.The woman also claimed the 1948 law denied human equality and the right to pursue happiness and was therefore unconst…READ FULL ARTICLE
