Japan's 1st forced sterilization plaintiff gets 15 mil. yen settlement

A woman who led off a series of lawsuits demanding compensation against the state for forced sterilization surgeries under a now-defunct eugenics protection law reached a settlement Tuesday at a high court and will receive 15 million yen ($104,000) in compensation.The decision at Sendai High Court comes more than six years after she initially filed her suit and follows a landmark Supreme Court ruling on July 3 this year proclaiming the woman, who is in her 60s, and other plaintiffs were due compensation.The top court sent the case back to the high court to determine the amount of compensati…READ FULL ARTICLE