Japan: Nagashima Island, a symbol of leprosy exclusion in the 20th century

In the 1930s, Japan confined thousands of leprosy patients on Nagashima Island.

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This forced isolation policy aimed to curb the disease's spread.

The history remains largely unknown, even among Japanese people.

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