A high court on Tuesday rejected a damages lawsuit filed by the 72-year-old son of a leprosy sufferer who claims he faced discrimination as a result of the Japanese government's decades-long policy of isolating victims of the disease.The case sought to challenge the scope of victims recognized as having suffered discrimination as a result of the leprosy prevention law, which was effective from 1907 to 1996. After a 2001 court ruling recognized it as unconstitutional, the state created a system of compensation for leprosy victims who were isolated in sanatoriums as well as their families.The…READ FULL ARTICLE
