The Japanese government started a process Friday to compensate victims of forced sterilization surgery under a now-defunct eugenics protection law, aiming to provide remedy to those who have not joined lawsuits against the state.The move comes as a law took effect to provide damages to those affected by what is seen as the worst human rights violation in the country's postwar history.The government will pay 15 million yen ($96,700) each to victims of forced sterilization surgery under the 1948-1996 eugenics law, 5 million yen to spouses of the victims and a lump sum of 2 million yen to thos…READ FULL ARTICLE
