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The ruling brings to an end a decades-long fight for justice by victims who were forcibly sterilised.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/oZMR0

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[–] 1Fuji2Taka3Nasubi@lemmy.zip 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)
  • One of the government's justification for the practice was "It was lawful at the time". Now the Supreme Court ruled the law was never constitutional.
  • The Supreme Court also decided that "statute of limitations" does not apply so plaintiffs can still seek compensation.

Japanese source

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)

“It was lawful at the time”.

Curious if they would apply this excuse to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[–] Zwiebel 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Afaik Germany doesn't seek reparations for the Allied carpet bombings either

[–] maynarkh@feddit.nl 2 points 2 months ago

On the one hand, they got the Marshall plan, on the other hand, I'm sure they got off light themselves.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

They got flattened at the time

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"I wonder, what would the City Fathers of Hiroshima say?"

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was thinking the Japanese Supreme Court.

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

It was a starship troopers reference