2017.04.18 Japan´s Negative Legacy of Leprosy Museum at former detention center seeks to eliminate prejudice and discrimination
(WorldNews Japan)

The National Sanatorium Kuriu-Rakusenen is a leprosy sanatorium located in northwestern Gunma Prefecture in the town of Kusatsu. At its peak, the sanatorium housed more than 1,300 residents and today 87 people, whose average age is above 80 (as of January1, 2016), still live there. The grounds previously had a detention facility, referred to as `Jyu-Kanbo,` where many residents died. The Jyu-Kanbo National Museum of Detention for Hansen`s Disease Patients, which features artifacts and reproductions of the structures, opened on this site in April 2014 to convey the negative legacy of this facility to future generations. The Nippon Foundation was entrusted by the Ministry of Health, Labour and...