Contradictory rulings on ex-Taiwan, S. Korean leprosy patients

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Chen Shih-shih, an 82-year-old former Taiwanese leprosy patient, speaks at a press conference in Taipei on Oct. 25 after the Tokyo District Court upheld a lawsuit filed by 25 former Taiwanese leprosy patients seeking compensation from the Japanese government for segregation at a leprosarium in Taiwan during Japanese colonial rule.

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