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S. Korean ex-leprosy patients seek compensation for quarantine

TOKYO, Japan - Kang U Sok (R), a representative of a group of 85 former leprosy patients in South Korea, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 25 after filing a request with the Japanese government for compensation for being forcibly put into sanitariums when Korea under Japanese colonial rule.

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Korean ex-leprosy patients seek redress for quarantine

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Lawyer Naoko Kunimune (2nd from R) hands applications with a health and welfare ministry official on behalf of 28 former leprosy patients in South Korea for compensation for being forcibly put in sanitariums when Korea was under the Japanese colonial rule.

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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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Welfare minister visits Battle of Okinawa memorial

NAHA, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi touches the Cornerstone of Peace in the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa on July 11. Sakaguchi paid special tribute to the leprosy patients at state-run sanitariums who were killed in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa.

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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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S. Korean ex-leprosy patients seek compensation for quarantine

TOKYO, Japan - Kang U Sok (R), a representative of a group of 85 former leprosy patients in South Korea, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 25 after filing a request with the Japanese government for compensation for being forcibly put into sanitariums when Korea under Japanese colonial rule. (Kyodo)

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Korean ex-leprosy patients seek redress for quarantine

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Lawyer Naoko Kunimune (2nd from R) hands applications with a health and welfare ministry official on behalf of 28 former leprosy patients in South Korea for compensation for being forcibly put in sanitariums when Korea was under the Japanese colonial rule. (Kyodo)