The Japanese Government promulgated the first leprosy prevention law on March 19, 1907, but did not come into effect until April 1, 1909, because of financial constraints.

[1] The two main reasons for the leprosy prevention law were that foreigners visiting Japan after the Meiji Restoration (1868) were very much surprised to find leprosy sufferers wandering at large and claimed that something should be done about it and the Japanese Government was worried about a large number of people with the condition among those who were examined for the draft at age 20.

[2] On July 9, 1940, 157 patients living around Honmyoji temple were forcibly hospitalized and sent to other sanatoriums.

Matsuo Fujimoto was considered to have received unfair treatments in two trials because he was a leprosy patient.

After one year, three children finally attended the school from the house of Mr. Takahashi, the President of Kumamoto College of Commerce.