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National Hansen's Disease Museum (Japan), Japan
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4 Chome-1-10 AobachoHigashimurayama
Tokyo 189-0002
Japan
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The National Hansen's Disease Museum (国立ハンセン病資料館, Kokuritsu Hansen-byō Shiryōkan) is a museum in Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan that is dedicated to education about Hansen's disease (leprosy) and to eliminate discriminatory practices against its sufferers. It was formerly (1993–2007) named "His Imperial Highness Prince Takamatsu Memorial Museum of Hansen's Disease".The museum's purpose, located next to one of Japan's remaining leprosy sanatoriums, is to:
To promote awareness of leprosy
To represent and preserve the history of leprosy in Japan
To show what persons affected by leprosy have achieved
To help restore the dignity of persons affected by leprosy
To demonstrate the importance of human rights and the linked need to end prejudice and discrimination