Japan to Compensate Forcibly Sterilized Patients, Decades After the Fact Under a eugenics law repealed in 1996, thousands of Japanese were sterilized because of intellectual disabilities, mental illness or genetic disorders. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Villaggio Coppola Journal: On Italy’s Coast, a Forsaken Village Is a Tale of a Paradise LostSuicide Bombers Storm TV Station in AfghanistanHundreds of Thousands Strike in Greece as Cuts Near ApprovalMatthias Müller, VW Chief, Is Suspected of Market ManipulationThe Interpreter: How Iran Became an Undemocratic DemocracyIn Iran Election, Even Hard-Liners Turn to Instagram