The year 2016 marks the 20th anniversary of the abolition Leprosy Prevention Law. To mark this occasion, The National Hansen's Disease Museum will be holding a special exhibition focusing on Leprosy Prevention Law itself.

This special exhibition aims to reaffirm the errors of Leprosy Prevention Law by examining what kind of law it was, why its abolition was delayed, what the circumstances were that led to its abolition, and how Former leprosy patients and those involved evaluated Leprosy Prevention Law Leprosy Prevention Law and its abolition.
As the focus is on the law, the main exhibits will be legal texts and explanatory panels, but there will also be displays of original signatures on Leprosy Prevention Law (held at the National Archives of Japan, during the special exhibition period), literary works on the theme of Leprosy Prevention Law, and video materials in which Former leprosy patients and related parties talk about Leprosy Prevention Law.

I hope that by taking this opportunity Looking Back at the Leprosy Prevention Law once again, you will come to a new understanding of its errors.

Outline of the event

[Date]
April 29th (Friday) to July 31st, 2016(Day)

【closing day】
Every Monday (open if Monday is a public holiday), the day after a national holiday (open if Monday is a public holiday), and maintenance days

【venue】
The National Hansen's Disease Museum Special Exhibition Room

[Opening hours]
9:30am to 4:30pm (entry until 4pm) Free admission

Announcement of new special exhibition

The special exhibition, originally scheduled for June 22 (Wed) to July 31 (Sun), has been changed to the following period and materials, and the original documents will be borrowed from the National Archives of Japan. We deeply apologize for any inconvenience caused.

July 20th (Wed) to July 31st (Sun)

• "(Old) Leprosy Prevention Law Original Signature, Meiji 40, Law No. 11"
• "Meiji 40 Law No. 11 ((Old) Leprosy Prevention Law) wo Leprosy Prevention Law Renamed Shi The same law amendment (see Edict No. 180), original signature, 1945, law No. 58 "
• "Leprosy Prevention Law, Original Signature, 1945, Law No. 214"
• "Mr. Hansen's Disease Law <Draft>"

Notice of incidental business

[Lecture]
"The journey towards the abolition Leprosy Prevention Law together with All-Japan National Leprosaria Patients' Association' Association"

【Teacher】
Mr. Hiroshi Nagata (then Chief of the Planning and Legislation Section of the AIDS, Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases Division, Health and Medical Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)

[Date and Time]
Sunday, July 24, 2016, from 14:00 (doors open at 13:30)

【place】
The National Hansen's Disease Museum 1st floor, Video Hall

[Capacity]
Up to 150 people (first come, first served, no prior registration required, free admission)

Scenes from the lecture

July 24 (Sunday) from 2:00 pm, according to Mr. Hiroshi Nagata (Ministry of Health and Welfare Health Bureau to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases Division, planning laws and regulations Chief [at the time]) "All-Japan National Leprosaria Patients' Association walked along with the" Leprosy Prevention Law road to abolition. ' " A lecture was held and many people participated.

You can download the exhibition flyer here. (PDF:1,040KB)