Japan gov’t to pay damages to kin over leprosy isolation

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government says it will abide by a court ruling ordering it to compensate former leprosy patients’ families over a lengthy segregation policy that severed family ties and caused long-lasting prejudice. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday the government won’t appeal the Kumamoto District Court decision in June awarding compensation to 541 […]

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