Minamata disease patients and their supporters march near the Environment Ministry in downtown Tokyo, 29 April 2006. The city of Minamata will mark...
American photographer W Eugene Smith autographs a copy of his book 'Minamata' as he sits in his loft , New York, New York, January 1976.
Minamata disease sufferers pray for those past away during the memorial ceremony on the 58th anniversary of the official recognition of the disease...
Minamata disease patients at an rehabilitation center 30 years after mercury poisoning recognised on April 13, 1986 in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan.
Japanese Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara and Achim Steiner , United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director lays chrysanthemum on the...
Minamata disease patient lies on the bed in the Minamata City Hospital on April 1, 1960 in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan.
Three Japanese demonstrators, victims of the Chisso-Minamata disease, protest against industrial pollution, on June 9, 1972 in Stockholm during the...
Photo taken on March 24 shows a photo of young Jitsuko Tanaka, one of the first officially recognized patients of Minamata mercury-poisoning disease,...
Photo journalist W. Eugene Smith and his wife Aileen Mioko Smith prepare for an photo exhibition on Minamata Disease at Seibu Department Store on...
Tsuginori Hamamoto, a patient with Minamata disease caused by mercury poisoning, and leader for the Minamata disease victims, wipes away the tears as...
Sign to prohibit fishing is displayed 30 years after mercury poisoning recognised on April 13, 1986 in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan.
Minamata disease patient at an rehabilitation center 30 years after mercury poisoning recognised on April 13, 1986 in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan.
Photo taken in June 2017 in the southwestern Japan city of Minamata shows Shinobu Sakamoto, a Minamata disease patient, who will visit Switzerland in...
Minamata disease patients and family members attend a memorial ceremony on May 1, 2016 in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan. On May 1 the head of the...
Chisso President Yutaka Egashira is shown mortuary tablets of the Minamata Disease victims during the shareholders meeting on November 28, 1970 in...
Minamata disease patients and supporters are blocked at the entrance of the Chisso shareholders meeting on May 26, 1971 in Osaka, Japan.
Minamata Disease patients pray for the victims during the ceremony marking the 63rd anniversary of the official recognition of the Minamata Disease...
Japan New Chisso Minamata Factory workers watch fishermen and riot police facing off on November 2, 1959 in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan.
Fisherman is arrested after breaking into the Japan New Chisso Minamata Factory to demand the halt of waste water discharge on November 2, 1959 in...
Fishermen gather to hold a protest to the Japan New Chisso Minamata Factory to demand the halt of waste water discharge on November 2, 1959 in...
Fisherman throws a stone after breaking into the Japan New Chisso Minamata Factory as they demand the halt of waste water discharge on November 2,...
Fishermen break into the Japan New Chisso Minamata Factory to demand the halt of waste water discharge on November 2, 1959 in Minamata, Kumamoto,...
Riot police gather in front of the Japan New Chisso Minamata Factory as part of fishermen break into the factory on November 2, 1959 in Minamata,...
Fishermen break into the Japan New Chisso Minamata Factory to demand the halt of waste water discharge on November 2, 1959 in Minamata, Kumamoto,...
Fishermen stage a sit-in in front of the Japan New Chisso Minamata Factory to demand the halt of waste water discharge on November 2, 1959 in...
Environmental Agency chief Shintaro Ishihara holds talks with residents on Minamata Disease on April 24, 1977 in Nagashima, Kagoshima, Japan.
Environmental Agency chief Shintaro Ishihara inspects beaches of Minamata Disease on April 23, 1977 in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan.
Environmental Agency chief Shintaro Ishihara bows to residents on Minamata Disease as he inspects Shishijima Island on April 24, 1977 in Azuma,...
People Envolved in Mercury poison case.A press conference was held today at the Graphic Arts Club for members of Alpha Chemicals Pty. Ltd. Who have...
Minamata City officers dispose mercury poisoned fishes into a tank 30 years after mercury poisoning recognised on April 13, 1986 in Minamata,...
Mercury poisoned fishes are unloaded 30 years after mercury poisoning recognised on April 13, 1986 in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan.
Tanks to dispose mercury poisoned fishes are arranged 30 years after mercury poisoning recognised on April 13, 1986 in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan.
Woman purchases from a truck selling fishes 30 years after mercury poisoning recognised on April 13, 1986 in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan.
Sign to prohibit fishing is displayed 30 years after mercury poisoning recognised on April 13, 1986 in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan.
Minamata disease patient exercises 30 years after mercury poisoning recognised on April 13, 1986 in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan.
Minamata disease patient is seen 30 years after mercury poisoning recognised on April 13, 1986 in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan.
People plat badminton outside the staff residence of Chisso 30 years after mercury poisoning recognised on April 13, 1986 in Minamata, Kumamoto,...
People dig clams at Minamatagawa River 30 years after mercury poisoning recognised on April 13, 1986 in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan.
Mercury tainted sludge remains at Minamatagawa River 30 years after mercury poisoning recognised on April 13, 1986 in Minamata, Kumamoto, Japan.
Minamata disease patient Kenji Nagamoto stands beside other patients as he criticizes a bill during a press conference in Tokyo on July 8, 2009....
Tsuginori Hamamoto, a patient with Minamata disease caused by mercury poisoning, and leader for the Minamata disease victims, wipes away tears as he...
Environment Minister Masaharu Nakagawa addresses during a memorial ceremony on the 62nd anniversary of the mercury-poisoning disease on May 1, 2018...
Kumamoto Prefecture Governor Ikuo Kabashima addresses during a memorial ceremony on the 62nd anniversary of the mercury-poisoning disease on May 1,...
Representative of the Minamata Disease victims and family members attend a memorial on the 62nd anniversary of the mercury-poisoning disease on May...
Representative of the Minamata Disease victims and family members attend a memorial on the 62nd anniversary of the mercury-poisoning disease on May...
Chisso President Shunkichi Goto attends a memorial ceremony on the 62nd anniversary of the mercury-poisoning disease on May 1, 2018 in Minamata,...
Chisso President Shunkichi Goto attends a memorial ceremony on the 62nd anniversary of the mercury-poisoning disease on May 1, 2018 in Minamata,...
Minamata Disease victims and family members attend a memorial on the 62nd anniversary of the mercury-poisoning disease on May 1, 2018 in Minamata,...
Minamata Disease victims and family members attend a memorial on the 62nd anniversary of the mercury-poisoning disease on May 1, 2018 in Minamata,...
Preparation work is under way for a memorial service to commemorate the victims of Minamata mercury-poisoning disease in the southwestern Japanese...
People offer a prayer for victims of Minamata mercury-poisoning disease in the southwestern Japanese city of Minamata on May 1 the 62nd anniversary...
Patients of Minamata mercury-poisoning disease and family members of the victims attend a memorial service in the southwestern Japanese city of...
File photo taken in May 1970 shows Michiko Ishimure, a Japanese author known for her books on Minamata mercury poisoning disease, participating in a...
File photo taken in April 2015 shows Michiko Ishimure, a Japanese author known for her books on Minamata mercury poisoning disease, in Kumamoto,...
File photo taken in April 2015 shows Michiko Ishimure, a Japanese author known for her books on Minamata mercury poisoning disease, speaking during...
Beside other patients, Minamata disease patient Hideo Ikoma , criticizes a bill during a press conference in Tokyo on July 8, 2009. The Diet passed...
Minamata disease patient Kenji Nagamoto stands beside other patients as he criticizes a bill during a press conference in Tokyo on July 8, 2009. The...
Shinobu Sakamoto , a victim of Minamata mercury poisoning, and Japanese Environment Minister Masaharu Nakagawa shake hands in Geneva on Sept. 29,...
Shinobu Sakamoto , a 61-year-old victim of Minamata mercury poisoning, shakes hands in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sept. 28 with the chairman of the...
Shinobu Sakamoto , a 61-year-old victim of Minamata mercury poisoning, speaks at an event in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sept. 28 on the sidelines of the...