A Japanese court has rejected a retrial request for a decades-old case that sought to prove the unconstitutionality of sentencing a man believed to have had Hansen’s disease to death behind closed doors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/28/japan/crime-legal/kumamoto-retrial-ruling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #discrimination #constitution #leprosy #kumamoto