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The history of Yunosawa village and the leprosy policy in Japan: a study of a free medical-treatment area for leprosy patients

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The village of Yunosawa, near Kusatsu town, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, existed as a refuge for Hansen's disease sufferers from 1887 to 1941. It was the only such place to maintain, to its final closure, self-government free from the pre-war State isolation polic... ...