Japan: The 'Hell' of Nagashima — When a Small Island Turned into a Prison for Leprosy Patients

On the Japanese island of Nagashima lies a painful chapter of history unknown to many. For decades, thousands of leprosy patients were isolated in closed sanatoriums, even after a cure became available. Thirty years after the policy was repealed, we met Shinji Nakao, one of its last survivors, who arrived on the island as a child and has not left since.