Key words : children policy minister kishida
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Japan minister meets plaintiffs in lawsuits over forced sterilization
Japan's children's policy minister has offered words of regret and apology to the plaintiffs of lawsuits over forced surgical sterilization conducted under the now-defunct Eugenic Protection Law.
Kato Ayuko met the plaintiffs and others on Thursday, one day after the Supreme Court ruled that the law, which forced people with certain disabilities to undergo such procedures, was unconstitutional and ordered compensation.
People who attended the meeting say Kato offered words of sincere regret and deep apology on behalf of the government.
She also told them that the government intends to proceed with compensation procedures based on the ruling, as instructed by Prime Minister Kishida Fumio on Wednesday.
She also said the government will consider a new compensation scheme to resolve the issue, taking into account the pain the victims have endured and their advancing age.
The plaintiffs' side called for a law to be enacted to compensate all the victims.
Arrangements are underway for Prime Minister Kishida to meet with the plaintiffs by the end of this month.
One of the plaintiffs in Miyagi Prefecture said after meeting with Kato that there were things she wanted to say but failed to do so during the meeting.
She also said that as the issues of a full apology and compensation remain, she is hoping for an early resolution.
A sister-in-law of another plaintiff in Miyagi said her impression was that the minister just gave her a business card without saying much.
She added that government officials had said three times that the surgery was carried out after careful steps were taken. She expressed hope that the government will reflect on that and prevent a recurrence.
A plaintiff in Tokyo said the ruling by the Supreme Court gave a ray of hope but it was the halfway point for him.
He added that he thinks the government has yet to apologize to 25,000 people who underwent the surgery, and he is waiting to see how it will resolve the situation.
Key words : supreme court world war
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Japan Supreme Court rules defunct eugenics law unconstitutional
Japan's Supreme Court has ruled for the first time that the country's defunct Eugenic Protection Law, which forced people with impairments to undergo sterilization surgery, is unconstitutional.
People who were forcibly sterilized had filed lawsuits across Japan, arguing that the discriminatory treatment was unconstitutional and seeking state compensation.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court's Grand Bench made its decision on five rulings by high courts in Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo and Osaka.
Presiding justice Tokura Saburo declared the defunct law unconstitutional and ordered compensation in four of the cases.
The case in Sendai, in which the high court dismissed the plaintiff's claim, was sent back to a lower court.
This is the 13th time since the end of World War Two that the Supreme Court has found a legal provision to be unconstitutional.
The Eugenic Protection Law was in effect for 48 years until it was scrapped in 1996.
It allowed doctors to remove the reproductive functions of people with mental or intellectual disabilities.
About 25,000 people are said to have been sterilized, including those who allegedly agreed to undergo surgery.
The state had argued that it bore no responsibility for compensation due to the extended period since the surgeries.
Key words : police missing
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Over 19,000 people with dementia reported missing in Japan in 2023
Police in Japan say more than 19,000 people with dementia or suspected dementia were reported missing, at least temporarily, last year. More than 500 were found dead.
National Police Agency figures show reports were received nationwide for 19,039 such people who went missing in 2023, up 330 from the previous year.
The figure was the largest since the agency began compiling the data in 2012.
It says 18,175 people, or 95 percent of the total, were found alive during the year. But 502 were confirmed dead, and 250 others were still unaccounted for at the end of the year.
By prefecture, Hyogo topped the list with 2,094 people. Osaka followed with 2,016 and Saitama had 1,912.
Police are stepping up cooperation with local governments and communities to tackle the issue as the number of the missing has increased by nearly 80 percent over the past decade.
In some cases, families and municipalities use GPS devices attached to the clothes or shoes of people with dementia to locate them.
Police figures show that 71 missing people were found with the help of GPS last year. In one case, a person who went missing in Saitama Prefecture was found in a city some 300 kilometers away.
The National Police Agency says it will use GPS, drones and other technologies to quickly locate missing people in an effort to prevent accidents.
Key words : moscow better than key regional
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Putin: Relations between Russia, China 'at their best period in history'
Russian President Vladimir Putin has hailed his country's relations with China, saying they are better than ever, during his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan.
The talks took place on the sidelines of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization being held in the Kazakh capital of Astana on Wednesday.
Putin opened the talks, saying relations and strategic cooperation between Moscow and Beijing are experiencing "their best period in history." He said their cooperation is one of the major factors that will stabilize the international arena.
The Russian leader made a show of solidarity with China in the face of deepening confrontation with Europe and the United States over the situation in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the Chinese Foreign Ministry revealed that Xi expressed readiness to promote cooperation with Russia, saying China and Russia should continue to uphold their comprehensive partnership and oppose external interference.
Xi said both sides should jointly strive to maintain regional peace and stability.
He said China intends to actively pursue efforts to politically resolve key regional issues.
The remark underscored China's intention to engage on Ukraine from its own perspective, which is not that of a Western-led international order.
Beijing refrained from attending an international conference on peace in Ukraine held in June.
Following Wednesday's summit, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that regarding Ukraine, "the lack of perspectives of any formats without Russia's participation was stated clearly."
Key words : correspondent Suda Masaki
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Analysis: China tries to strike delicate balance with Russia, N.Korea
It was all smiles when Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Russian President Vladmir Putin in Kazakhstan. But as NHK World's Suda Masaki explains, a sluggish economy and an emboldened North Korea could be complicating that relationship.
Key words : united kingdom
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Labour party set for landslide win in UK election
People across the United Kingdom are going to the polls. They have seen voters elsewhere shift to the right. However, after 14 years, they are expected to throw their Conservative government out of power.
Candidates in 650 constituencies are running on Thursday for a seat in the House of Commons. Those in the party that secures 326 seats will govern with an overall majority.
The ruling Conservatives are promising to cut taxes, protect pensions, and reduce immigration. They pushed through a bill to send asylum seekers entering the UK illegally to Rwanda. They have said they have more "urgent work" to do.
"We will fight for every vote. We will fight for our values. And we will fight for our vision of Britain," said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at a rally on Wednesday in Hampshire.
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has promised to bring about economic stability and to improve the National Health Service, including waiting times for treatment. " If you want change, you have to vote for it," he told supporters at a rally in Worcestershire.
The final YouGov projection suggests Labour will win a record majority with 431 seats and the Conservatives will lose two thirds of their seats, leaving them with 102. Sunak could even become the first British prime minister to lose his own seat.
Key words : far-right 30 percent
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Mass rally against far right held in Paris ahead of Sunday's runoff election
Thousands of protesters have rallied in Paris to urge voters to block far-right forces from winning the second round of a snap parliamentary election.
The far-right National Rally party and its allies came out on top in last Sunday's first round of the National Assembly election, taking more than 30 percent of the vote.
Runoff voting is set to take place on Sunday in electoral districts where there were no winners in the first round.
Trade unions, human rights groups and other organizers held the event in a square in the French capital on Wednesday. The participants included actors, scholars and musicians.
A Nobel laureate in literature, Annie Ernaux, said in a video message, "There are times in a nation's history when its citizens make choices that are difficult to reverse," adding that "It's next Sunday."
The left-wing coalition New Popular Front came second in the first round, and the ruling coalition led by President Emmanuel Macron was in third place.
Some candidates have stood down ahead of the runoff on Sunday to effectively unite against the far-right forces. But some members of the ruling coalition are negative about such cooperation.
One participant in his 20s said although there are disagreements, they are all republican parties. He added that everyone needs to unite against the National Rally now that it has made significant gains.
Key words : weather Yuumi Hirano
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