The Shizuoka District Court has handed down a ruling ordering the federal government to compensate a hearing-impaired girl in her 80s who lives in Shizuoka Prefecture for being pressured to bear sterilization below the previous eugenics safety regulation. . This is the fourth judicial ruling that acknowledges the nation’s legal responsibility for damages in comparable circumstances throughout the nation, following the rulings of the Osaka and Tokyo High Courts final 12 months and the Kumamoto District Court final month.