Leprosy in Japan

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As of 2009, 2,600 former leprosy patients were living in 13 national sanatoriums and 2 private hospitals in Japan. Their mean age is 80. There were no newly diagnosed Japanese leprosy patients in 2005, but one in 2006, and one in 2007. From the Meiji Period up until 1996, people diagnosed with leprosy in Japan were notably subjected to discrimination.