By TORU AMEMIYA/ Staff Writer
April 22, 2021 at 19:00 JST
Remains of patients who were dissected after death are housed within the ossuary at the National Sanatorium Oku-Komyoen in Setouchi, Okayama Prefecture, seen in February. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
SETOUCHI, Okayama Prefecture--More than 1,100 leprosy patients were dissected at National Sanatorium Oku-Komyoen from 1938-1998 after their deaths, a human rights committee reported on April 21. [Read More]
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