Hiroto Okui's HIV diagnosis took him completely by surprise. "I never thought it could happen to me. I didn't know what to do," he says. The Tokyo native said it marked the beginning of an extremely difficult period.Now aged 52, Okui recalls how shocking it was to find out, in the summer of 2016, that he had tested positive. He did not know much about HIV, having only a vague impression it was a "scary disease."He is among the 33,537 people in Japan living with HIV or AIDS as of the end of 2021, according to a health ministry committee that analyzes the virus' trends in the country.With Thu…READ FULL ARTICLE
