A Japanese district court orders the state and others to pay a total of 350 million yen ($2.3 million) in damages to 128 unrecognized sufferers of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease, making it the first such ruling among similar lawsuits filed nationwide over the country's redress measure.
The latest court ruling on a legal case concerning the government’s relief program for Minamata disease patients challenges the fundamental integrity of the relief system and unequivocally underscores its inadequacy.
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OSAKA Plaintiffs expressed long-sought-after vindication on Sept. 27 that a district court finally acknowledged that they were also victims of Minamata disease and entitled to relief from the government.