2001: Japan apologizes for forcing lepers to live in isolation

Japan apologizes for forcing lepers to live in isolation decades after cures were available and agrees to pay $15 million to plaintiffs who successfully challenged laws that isolated them.

To: 
Japanese lepers
From: 
Japan
Year of Apology: 
2001
Footnote: 
Sims, Calvin. “Japan Apologizes to Lepers and Declines to Fight Isolation Ruling.” New York Times. May 24, 2001.