THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
December 20, 2022 at 18:43 JST
Hidetoshi Higuchi, left, director of Asunaro Social Welfare Service Corp., and Masaharu Umemura, a senior official with Asunaro Social Welfare Service, at a news conference in Esashi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 19 (Hiroaki Abe)
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. [Read More]
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Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
