A memorial service for victims of Minamata disease caused by severe mercury poisoning was held in the southwestern city of the same name on Friday, marking the 70th anniversary of the official ...
Participants of a memorial service for the victims of Minamata disease, a neurological disorder caused by mercury poisoning, lay flowers and offer prayers in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 1, ...
An overwhelming majority of Minamata disease victims and patients believe the damage caused by the neurological disorder has yet to be fully addressed, according to a survey conducted 70 years after ...
Minamata, Kumamoto Pref., May 1 (Jiji Press)--A ceremony to remember Minamata disease victims was held in the southwestern Japan city of Minamata on Friday, the 70th anniversary of the official ...
Hajime Sugimoto recounts his family's struggles with Minamata disease, in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Nov. 26, 2023. (Mainichi/Hideyuki Kakinuma) Seventy years have passed since Minamata disease, ...
MINAMATA, Kumamoto Prefecture--As Japan marked the 70th anniversary of the official confirmation of Minamata disease on May 1, the gulf between the government and victims remains unbridged with no ...
Seventy years have passed since the official confirmation of Minamata disease, but victims and advocates say a final resolution remains out of reach. “Even after 70 years, Minamata disease has not ...
The Environment Ministry plans to begin a health survey as early as this year of residents of coastal areas hit by the outbreak of Minamata mercury poisoning disease, which is caused by water ...
Tokyo, April 30 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Environment Ministry plans to begin a health survey as early as this year on residents of coastal areas hit by the outbreak of Minamata mercury poisoning ...
People in Japan have marked 70 years since the government officially recognized Minamata Disease, a neurological disorder caused by mercury poisoning. Methylmercury in wastewater dumped by Chisso ...
Minamata disease was officially recognized on May 1, 1956, after a local health authority received a report from a doctor about the emergence of an unknown illness. The Japanese government recognized ...
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