A major Japanese tutoring company has recently apologized for inaccurately describing the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease as hereditary in its online study material, a description that drew strong ...

Hundreds of people prayed for the victims of Minamata disease in a ceremony in southwestern Japan on Thursday, 69 years after the neurological disorder caused by polluted industrial wastewater was ...

Minamata disease is methylmercury poisoning that leads to neurological symptoms. The condition develops after a person has been eating heavily contaminated seafood daily. The first record of ...

‘The photograph “Tomoko and Mother in the Bath”, in spite of its worldwide release ... has been poisoned – only that some people ‘experience symptoms of Minamata disease’. Where is the person willing ...

At least 50 000 people were affected to some extent and more than 2000 cases of Minamata disease were identified. Unfortunately, Minamata disease escalated in the 1950s, with severe cases of brain ...

Minamata disease patients and other participants observe a moment of silence, in the city of Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 1, 2024. (Mainichi/Kota Yoshida) MINAMATA, Kumamoto -- Some 670 ...

A total of 128 plaintiffs, previously rejected from a special Minamata disease relief program as sufferers of the disease, were all recognized as Minamata disease patients by the court.

The Osaka District Court recognized all 128 plaintiffs as Minamata disease victims and ordered the government, Kumamoto and Chisso Corp., which is held responsible for the pollution, to pay 2.75 ...