Ex-leper takes to Tokyo runway to fight stigma

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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — At 83, former leprosy sufferer Miyo Maki walks the runway at Tokyo Fashion Week in a show by designer Takafumi Tsuruta under the banner of his “tenbo” brand, seeking to portray the indignities suffered by lepers

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