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ESASHI, Hokkaido--Prefectural officials are investigating a local facility for people with intellectual disabilities after learning that eight couples, each hoping to live together or marry, underwent sterilization procedures at the organization’s urging.
HAKODATE, Japan. KAZINFORM A group home in Hokkaido, northern Japan, has required residents with intellectual disabilities to undergo sterilization treatment if they want to get married or live together with a partner at the facility, its operator admitted Sunday, Kyodo reports.
HAKODATE, Hokkaido (Kyodo) -- A group home in Hokkaido, northern Japan, has required residents with intellectual disabilities to undergo sterilization
A group home in Hokkaido has required residents with intellectual disabilities to undergo sterilization treatment if they want to get married or live together with a partner at the facility, its operator admitted Sunday. The government will likely look into the case as Japan has been under international scrutiny over…
A group home in Hokkaido, northern Japan, has required residents with intellectual disabilities to undergo sterilization treatment if they want to get married or live together with a partner at the facility, its operator admits.