The history of the mistreatment of leprosy patients and former leprosy patients in Japan is truly horrific. Kumamoto is one important site in which that history has played out. I’m planning to post more about that history later. Even now that the government has repealed the discriminatory law at the heart of the tragedy, many issues remain unresolved. This article describes one such issue: Study and recognition of how patients confined to sanataria were denied fair trails. The man on the right is Nagasu Jiro of Kumamoto’s Keifuen, a sanatarium in which Hansen’s disease patients were confined.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201506240077
#Kumamoto #Leprosy #Hansen’s #disease
