Photo exhibition on the lives of Hansen's disease patients

Visitors look at photos on the lives of Hansen's disease patients exhibited at the National Hansen's Disease Museum in Higashimurayama, Tokyo, on March 27, 2015. The photos were taken by the late photographer Cho Gun Jae between the 1960s and the 1980s at Hansen's disease sanatoriums across Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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