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NHK has learned that records of the dissection of more than 1,000 leprosy patients after their deaths are being kept at national sanatoriums in Japan.

The public broadcaster carried out a survey of 12 sanatoriums after an institution in Kumamoto Prefecture said in September that its records show the bodies of at least 389 of its residents were dissected.

A memorial ceremony has been held in Tokyo for former leprosy patients who died after years of discrimination.

The Japanese government organizes the annual event that is usually held on June 22.