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Posted on 27/07/2010 by
On 19th July The Mainichi Daily News reported that a table used for autopsies on leprosy patients at the Oshimasishoen National Sanatorium had been lifted from the Japanese Inland Sea in early July 2010. Approximately twenty-five years ago, when the autopsy room was being demolished to make way for a new recovery wing, it had been thrown into the sea. This table is to be displayed at an art festival until the end of October 2010.
Categories: Japan, News and Notes
Posted on 11/06/2009 by
Japan passed a Basic Law, designed to protect the rights of people affected by leprosy in Japan and facilitate their full integration into society, in April 2009: the Law on the Promotion of Issues Related to Hansen’s Disease.
Categories: Asia, Japan, News and Notes
Posted on 01/12/2008 by
Gail Tsukiyama reveals the depth of emotion, feeling and experience of a young Chinese man with tuberculosis and three friends he makes in Japan, one of whom has leprosy.
Categories: Book reviews, China, Japan, News and Notes
Posted on 25/04/2007 by
On 1st April the National Hansen's Disease Museum re-opened with a larger collection at a new location, next to one of Japan's 13 remaining homes for persons affected by leprosy.
Categories: Asia, Japan, News and Notes