Government practices, such as forced sterilizations, conducted under the former Eugenic Protection Law were so heinous that a court decided that the 20-year statute of limitations should not apply.
A Japanese court on Thursday became the second to rule that the vote weight disparity in last year's general election was "in a state of unconstitutionality," but it also stopped short of nullifying the outcome as sought by plaintiffs. The ruling by the Osaka High Court was the third to…