Minister apologizes to leprosy patients for segregation

Minister apologizes to leprosy patients for segregation

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi (2nd from L) meets some 20 former leprosy patients at his office in Tokyo on June 14. Sakaguchi apologized for the Diet's failure to promptly abrogate legislation that segregated them from society for decades.

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