A ceremony to mark the 60th anniversary of the official recognition of Niigata Minamata disease, a neurological disorder ...

Niigata Gov. Hideyo Hanazumi expressed his displeasure over an incorrect description of Minamata disease mercury poisoning in ...

After repeated government requests, a home tutoring company apologized for wrongly teaching children that Minamata disease, a ...

A major Japanese tutoring company has recently apologized for inaccurately describing the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease ...

Japanese mathematician Masaki Kashiwara, who received the prestigious Abel Prize this year, has said his love for "beautiful" ...

Japanese Environment Minister Asao Keiichiro has begun discussions with groups of Minamata disease sufferers on the eve of a memorial service for victims of the pollution-induced illness. The ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) also reported on this tragic episode, stating, “At least 50,000 people were affected to some extent, and more than 2000 cases of ‘Minamata disease’ were ...

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 ...

The disease, which is traced to mercury-tainted water dumped into the sea by a Chisso Corp. chemical plant in Minamata, was formally acknowledged by local health authorities in 1956. I find it ...

The court upheld a ruling in 2001 that the government - as well as the chemical manufacturer Chisso corporation - was responsible for the poisoning, known as Minamata disease. Minamata is a small ...