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Sterilising disabled people to prevent them from having children of their own. that so—called eugenics protection law was only finally repealed in 1996. and to this day, the japanese government is not fully recognised the role it played in violating the rights of more than 20,000 disabled people. yumi is one of those victims. she was born with cerebral palsy. and she was 12—year—old, her womb was removed without her knowledge or consent. when i found out i can never be a mother, it broke my heart. suzuki—san and others are suing the japanese government. demanding it compensates them. i...

Natsuko's experience shows how farjapan has to go, but also how far it has come. because last time the paralympics was held here in tokyo back in 1964, japan was still forcibly sterilising disabled people to prevent them from having children of their own. that so—called eugenics protection law was finally repealed in 1996. and to this day, the japanese government is not fully recognised the role it played in violating the rights of more than 20,000 disabled people. yumi is one of those victims. she was born with cerebral palsy. and she was 12—year—old, her womb was removed without her kn...

A mother, it broke my heart. yumi and others are suing. i do not want money, i want people to know what happened to us. to make sure it never happens again. i want disabled people to be treated equally. we are not things. we are human beings. close to the paralympic village, japanese school kids are learning what it's like to have to use a wheelchair to get around. this is a start. but natsuko thinks the real barrier to acceptance for people like her is that mostjapanese people have never actually met a disabled person. i use a wheelchair and people just walk the other way. many people see me ...

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日本テレビ系毎夏恒例『24時間テレビ44 想い～世界は、きっと変わる。』が21日の午後6時30分からスタートした。初の緊急事態宣言下での開催となった今回、“新しい日常での1回目”という決意のもと行われ...