Health minister visits leprosy sanitarium

Health minister visits leprosy sanitarium

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Health minister Chikara Sakaguchi (R) offers a prayer June 16 in front of a memorial for deceased leprosy patients at a leprosarium in the town of Koshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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