Gov't announces acceptance of leprosy suit settlement

Gov't announces acceptance of leprosy suit settlement

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi speaks to the media in Sapporo on Dec. 26. He said the government will accept a court proposal to compensate former leprosy patients who were not forced into sanitariums under the government's one-time quarantine policy as well as the kin of dead leprosy patients.

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