On August 1, 1951, a dynamite charge was set in the house of a functionary who supported the segregation of leper patients.
The police arrested Matsuo Fujimoto and he was detained at a leper colony, Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium, in Kumamoto Prefecture.
Fujimoto's trial was abnormal, taking place in a special isolated court because of his condition.
His first lawyers agreed with the prosecutors, and his supporters, including Yasuhiro Nakasone,[1] viewed his trials as unfair.
In March 2005, a verification committee established by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare concluded that "Fujimoto's case did not even come close to satisfying the constitutional requirements.