Ruling coalition eyes early Diet resolution on leprosy

Ruling coalition eyes early Diet resolution on leprosy

TOKYO, Japan - Secretaries general and policy chiefs of the three ruling coalition parties meet in Tokyo on May 24 to discuss measures to help leprosy patients. They agreed to try to immediately adopt a Diet resolution to help such patients following a government decision May 23 not to appeal a landmark court ruling ordering the state to compensate the patients for forcing them into isolation.

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