causing residents to develop a serious neurological disorder known as Minamata disease. Minamata disease was one of the four major industrial pollution disasters in Japan during the mid-20th century.

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Shigemitsu Matsuzaki, right, speaks at a meeting between Environment Minister Keiichiro Asao, far left, and Minamata disease sufferers groups in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Thursday. The Yomiuri ...

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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.

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