PM Abe apologizes to kin of former leprosy patients

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) bows in a meeting with relatives of former leprosy patients at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 24, 2019. Abe apologized for the discrimination they suffered under Japan's former policy of segregating leprosy patients, following the government's decision not to appeal a Kumamoto District Court ruling ordering the state to pay them compensation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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