Diet OKs leprosy-compensation bill

Diet OKs leprosy-compensation bill

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (front) bows to members of the House of Councillors after the upper house on June 15 enacted a bill to compensate former and current leprosy patients who suffered under the government's segregation policy.

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