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 ...

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Seventy years after Minamata disease was officially recognized, patients and support groups say junior high textbooks are downplaying the continuing contamination problem and the number of the victims ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...