| TITLE | AUTHOR/PUBLISHER | YEAR | PRICE | SUMMARY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| / | 2007 | \800 | ||
| ILLUSTRATED MINAMATA DISEASE | Minamata Disease Center Soshisha/Seori Shobou | 2004 | \2,100 | Illustrated Minamata Disease presents a vivid picture of Minamata Disease in--- historical perspective---a picture largely based on the source materials and photographs on display at the Minamata Disease Museum. |
| Minamata Disease Exhibition English Guide | NPO MINAMATA Forum | 2001 | \1000 | |
| Minamata: Pollution and the Struggle for Democracy in Postwar Japan | Timothy S. George./Harvard University Asia Center | 2001 | \3,150 | Based on primary documents and interviews, this book offers the most comprehensive study of the Minamata incident available in English, as well as a fascinating look at the dynamics of Japan's postwar democracy in the context of popular thought and action. As George notes, the story of Minamata disease allows us to look at the history of postwar Japan, "from the bottom up and from the periphery toward the center." The book is structured around three rounds of responses as the victims and their supporters sought to secure redress. |
| Rowing the Eternal Sea - The Story of a Minamata Fisherman - |
Narrated by Ogata Masato/Written by Oiwa Keibo/Translated by Karen Colligan-Taylor/Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield | 2001 | \3,570 | In this compelling oral history, Ogata Masato, fisherman and Minamata disease sufferer, tells of the devastation of methyl mercury poisoning. Spanning fifty years, his story describes the impact of industrial pollution on his own life, on his extended family, and on the fishing culture of the Shiranui Sea. Masato’s story begins with the vibrant village of his childhood and culminates with the possibility of return, if not to one’s birthplace, then to a spiritual community, to the web of interrelationships that constitute life. A one-time leader of Minamata disease patients seeking certification and compensation, Masato breaks away to follow his personal path to redemption. |
| Industrial Pollution in Japan | Ui Jun/United Nations University Press | 1992 | \1,050 | This book discusses major environmental issues confronted by Japan during one hundred years of modernization, including the Ashio copper mine incident, the arsenic milk poisoning incident, Minamata disease, and the Miike coal-mine explosion. One chapter is dedicated to the social structures of pollution victims. In his conclusion Dr. Ui discusses the importance of the recognition of basic human rights in the prevention of pollution problems, as well as the need for citizen cooperation that is too often excluded by professionalism. He summarizes problems inherent in the roles played by industrial corporations and governmental organizations, science and technology and the mass media in the case of industrial pollution in Japan, and suggests possibilities for change. |
| MINAMATA DISEASE | HARADA Masazumi/translated by Tsushima Sachie and Timothy S. George/Minamata Disease Patients Alliance | 2004 | \2,625 | 原田正純「水俣病」(岩波新書)の英語版です。 This book is transrated from "Minamata Disease"(Iwanami shinsho:1972). Original book is famous and a long seller( the 39 edition:2003). It's suitable for beginners of Minamata Disease. |
| Message from Minamata to the World. | Canada, Radio Quebec, Video cassette, 43 min. |
1976 | \9450 | Adocumentary program which gives an outline of Minamata Disease accurately.(\31500 for a library) |
| Minamata, the Victims and their World. | Directed by Tsuchimoto Noriaki. B/W documentary, Video cassette, 2 hours. |
1971 | \9450 | This documentary film focuses on the twenty-nine families who sued Chisso in the Kumamoto District Court, looking also at the search for uncertified patients, who remained unnoticed in small villages. (\31500 for a library) |