Tag Archives: Minamata

Tokyo play explores Minamata issue on the 60th anniversary of the official recognition of the mercury-poisoning disease via The Japan Times

A play featuring a doctor involved in the identification of Minamata disease will open in a Tokyo theater on Friday, marking the 60th anniversary of the official recognition of the mercury-poisoning disease. The main character in “To a Quiet Ocean … Continue reading

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POINT OF VIEW/ Mikiko Abe: With nuclear plant idled, townsfolk in better position to chart future course via The Asahi Shimbun

ONAGAWA, Miyagi Prefecture–As an opponent of atomic energy, I have watched this town for more than four decades–from before Tohoku Electric Power Co. began constructing the Onagawa nuclear power plant here. It is my hope that our town can stand … Continue reading

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【Interview】Post-Fukushima Realities and Japan’s Energy Future via Japan Focus

An interview with Aileen Mioko Smith We present Fresh Current’s wide-ranging interview with Aileen Mioko Smith of Kyoto-based Green Action, whose lifetime of activism spans the movement from the early 1970s to achieve justice for the victims of Minamata Disease … Continue reading

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From Minamata to Fukushima — The Japanese Nuclear Crisis Isn’t Over Yet

Lyric Hughes Hale From Minamata to Fukushima — The Japanese Nuclear Crisis Isn’t Over Yet Posted: 11/14/11 08:34 AM ET For me, the saddest stories are about needless human suffering, suffering caused by greed, hate, or more maddeningly, the inability … Continue reading

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Minimata Then, Fukushima Now via asia sentinel

Lesson from Japan’s 1950s mercury poisoning nightmare Before the Fukushima tsunami and near-nuclear meltdown in March, the greatest environmental disaster in Japan, indeed, one of the greatest in the entire world, was Minamata disease, a neurological affliction caused by severe … Continue reading

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