NAHA, Okinawa Pref. – Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko met former Hansen’s disease patients Sunday at a sanitarium on Miyako Island as part of their trip to Okinawa.
The Imperial Couple greeted each of the 25 residents in a meeting at the Miyako Nanseien sanitarium. The facility’s 127 residents, with an average age of 77, have lived there for an average of 44 years.
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