Japan Diet enacts aid law on forced sterilization victims

Japan's Diet enacted Tuesday a law to pay 15 million yen ($101,000) each to victims of forced sterilization surgery under a now-defunct eugenics protection law, providing remedy to those who have not joined lawsuits to demand compensation from the state.Under the law, designed to address what is considered the worst human rights violation in Japan's post-World War II history, spouses of victims will also receive 5 million yen. It follows a recent landmark top court ruling that said the eugenics protection law was unconstitutional, issuing a compensation order to the state.A cross-party lawm…READ FULL ARTICLE