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11:06 2005/02/09
Exhibition of Minamata Disease Museum
Here, we introduce some parts of the exhibition
of Minamata Disease Museum.
Most parts of the panels of the exhibition
have been published as "Illustrated
Minamata Disease" with Seori -Shobou.
1 THE SHIRANUI SEA - a beautiful sea and
a bountiful life
2 MINAMATA DISEASE - CHISSO's crime
3 A LONG STRUGGLE-Thirty years of victimization
and suffering
Search for the cause and source of MINAMATA
disease
The cats were the first to go mad and die
- 1954
MINAMATA disease was discovered - 1956
Nothing was done about the contaminated fish
- 1957
Fishermen rose in protest - 1959
The patients roused to action at last - 1959
CHISSO's fraudulent contract-1959
The patients' campaign swung into high gear
The _court ruling on MINAMATA disease-part
of the reasons for the decision
Compensation agreement-1973
Compensation awards as they stand now - 9
January 1991
Direct negotiations with CHISSO president
Patients of the independent negotiation faction
sit-in
Organized support of the victims
Patients' struggle against the certification
system
The certification system
Cons outweigh pros in the application for
official certification
Applications rejected one after another
The number of certified patients
4 NOW - What should we do and what can we
do?
The plight of uncertified patients
The patients are getting old
Many more patients outside KUMAMOTO prefecture
Sediments dredged out and the bay filled
in
Mercury was in use all over JAPAN
Patients in protest against the imputation
of "FAKE PATIENTS"
MINAMATA disease is not over yet
MINAMATA disease center SOSHISHA
New Panels (made in January 2002)
Minamata Disease center Soshisha /Minamata
Disease Museum
Reclaimed ground at Minamata Bay
How to construct the reclaimed ground
Political settlement after 40 years from Minamata Disease - distressed choice
Chisso Minamata Disease Kansai suit
Minamata Green tourism
Minamata Green tourism map
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