Japan’s eugenics law remained on the books until 1996. Now, the victims are fighting back – and the country’s government grapples for a formal response.
Kurihara Mia died at the hands of her father, but now her mother is under arrest for neglect. How much culpability does the mother have for not speaking out?
Japan has experienced several cases recently which have put a spotlight in some of the glaring flaws in its support system for endangered kids. And
Alyssa Pearl Fusek on how Japanese law and cultural attitudes leave foster kids in limbo.
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