KUMAMOTO – The government on Thursday sat down at the Kumamoto District Court with former Hansen’s disease patients not forced into sanitariums under an old quarantine policy as well as the relatives of deceased patients, where the two parties agreed to settle their dispute out of court.
Both sides are expected to reach a final settlement next month after filling in the details of a compromise announced Wednesday.
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