EPISODE · Jun 12, 2025 · 5 MIN
Japanese Forced Sterilization Victim ‘Saburo Kita’ Speaks about “ruined life” at the U.N.
from Disability News Japan · host Michael Gillan Peckitt
A child victim of forced sterilization under Japan’s now-defunct eugenics protection law said the surgery ruined his life, as he described his experiences at a U.N. event on disability rights on Tuesday 10th June in New York. “Because of the surgery, my life was thrown completely off course,” the 82-year-old man, who uses the pseudonym Saburo Kita, said at the event linked to a United Nations conference on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Episode notes: ‘Japanese man tells U.N. forced sterilization at 14 ruined his life’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/06/11/japanese-man-tells-u-n-forced-sterilization-at-14-ruined-his-life/
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A child victim of forced sterilization under Japan’s now-defunct eugenics protection law said the surgery ruined his life, as he described his experiences at a U.N. event on disability rights on Tuesday 10th June in New York. “Because of the surgery, my life was thrown completely off course,” the 82-year-old man, who uses the pseudonym Saburo Kita, said at the event linked to a United Nations conference on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Episode notes: ‘Japanese man tells U.N. forced sterilization at 14 ruined his life’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/06/11/japanese-man-tells-u-n-forced-sterilization-at-14-ruined-his-life/
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Japanese Forced Sterilization Victim ‘Saburo Kita’ Speaks about “ruined life” at the U.N.
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