Japan to Compensate Forcibly Sterilized Patients, Decades After the Fact Under a eugenics law repealed in 1996, thousands of Japanese were sterilized because of intellectual disabilities, mental illness or genetic disorders.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:Migration Agency Picks a New Leader, and Sends Trump a MessageThailand Cave Rescue Mission Will Continue, Prime Minister Tells FamiliesThe Saturday Profile: From Jewish Saint, to Israeli Pol, to Would-Be StatesmanA Toronto School Where the Kindergartners Speak 40 LanguagesU.K. Fears for Its Beer and Crumpets. Blame a Carbon Dioxide Shortage.China Taps the Brakes on Its Global Push for Influence