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
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- Fishermen rose in protest - 1959
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- The patients roused to action at last - 1959
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- CHISSO's fraudulent contract-1959
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- The patients' campaign swung into high gear
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- The _court ruling on MINAMATA disease-part
of the reasons for the decision
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- Compensation agreement-1973
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- Compensation awards as they stand now - 9
January 1991
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- Direct negotiations with CHISSO president
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- Patients of the independent negotiation faction
sit-in
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- Organized support of the victims
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- Patients' struggle against the certification
system
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- The certification system
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- Cons outweigh pros in the application for
official certification
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- Applications rejected one after another
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- The number of certified patients
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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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