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    Learning about their legal status

    Kunje Cho
    c. 1960s, National Sanatorium Kikuchi Keihuen, Kumamoto, Japan. More details
    Kunje Cho Kikuchi Keihuen
    The Immigration Control Ordinance of 1951 required Hansen’s disease patients who were not Japanese citizens to leave the country. This heightened concern among ethnic-Korean sanatoria residents, and knowledgeable ethnic Koreans from outside were invited to give study sessions.
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    Title Learning about their legal status
    Title(Original language) 法的地位についての学習会
    Year c. 1960s
    Country Japan
    Location National Sanatorium Kikuchi Keihuen, Kumamoto
    Genre Photography
    Owner National Hansen’s Disease Museum, Tokyo, Japan
    Copyright Kimiko Saito (wife)
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