Sasakawa Yōhei, the chairman of the Nippon Foundation and WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, alongside recovered leprosy patients at the press conference following their meeting with the Emperor and Empress of Japan.
Hirasawa Yasuji (right), a member of the Steering Committee of the National Hansen’s Disease Museum, and Kuroo Kazuhisa, the chief curator of the National Hansen’s Disease Museum, recount their own experiences at the “Why Leprosy Now?” symposium.