Minamata disease describes methylmercury poisoning, which results in irreversible damage to the nervous system. The disease first occurred when toxic pollutants affected the fish that comprised the ...

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYOTOKYO — A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered the central government, the Kumamoto prefecture and a chemical company to recognize more than 120 plaintiffs as patients of the decades-old Minamata ...

An overwhelming majority of Minamata disease victims and patients believe the damage caused by the neurological disorder has yet to be fully addressed, according to a survey conducted 70 years after ...

Ten years ago, on 10 October 2013, the international community took a key step forward by signing the Minamata Convention on Mercury. This multilateral environmental agreement, named after the bay in ...

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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, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Wednesday ...

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 ...