Minamata Disease
水俣病救済法に抗議 = July 8, 2009, Tokyo, Japan - A citizens’ group representing victims of Minamana disease spread a banner denouncing the passeage by the Diet of a bill offering financial relief to more sufferers of the mercury poisoning during a demonstration in Tokyo on Wednesday, July 8, 2009. The bill is expected to cover about 20,000 of some 30,000 people, mainly in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures, who are seeking recognition as Minamata disease sufferers. (Photo by Yosuke Tanaka/AFLO/mis) [1122]