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Court orders compensation to 26 unrecognized Minamata victims

A Japanese district court on Thursday ordered a chemical maker to pay 4 million yen each to 26 unrecognized sufferers of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease, while dismissing claims against the Japanese government. The Niigata District Court recognized that 26 of the 47 plaintiffs in the lawsuit, who were not eligible…

EDITORIAL: Face-saving must stop; Minamata patients need relief right now | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

Recent rulings by district courts in Osaka, Kumamoto, and now Niigata, underscored the grim reality that many victims of Minamata disease still, for whatever reason, fall outside the parameters of relief measures.

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