Japan's Disability Shame

Examining how the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games is shining light on Japan's mistreatment of people considered imperfect.

When the curtain rises on the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, Japan's most talented disabled athletes will get their chance to shine on the international stage.

But what fans in the stadiums won't see is Japan's troubled history of caring for people with disabilities.

From the 1940s to 1996, Japan's government sterilised people with a mental illness or disability because it deemed them "inferior".

The victims of this Eugenic Protection Law kept silent for decades but are now speaking out and demanding an apology and compensation.