Gov't to fight forced sterilization compensation case

Just pay the woman already. It will cost you way more to fight this thing than that meager amount she's asking for.

Government to fight compensation for a barbaric practice the government implemented? That says a lot.

How can anyone morally fight against this woman? What a disgrace. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare should be ashamed of itself, they are making Japan look really bad on this one.

@ Strangerland - because it's not a moral fight, it's a financial one. Once they start paying people, that will open up the floodgates for many other things, maybe even paying Chinese victims of experimentation during the war.

I have to say while the law was barbaric and Naziesque, I have to agree with Michael Jackson this would open the floodgates for anyone affected by this law or similar laws and their families... Thus paying isn't really an option. Also I would guess that many people had likely also been adversely affected by radiation related genetic damage for obvious reasons.