A district court has acknowledged that 25 out of 144 plaintiffs, who were initially excluded from a special relief program for Minamata disease, were indeed affected by mercury-tainted industrial wastewater from a plant in Kumamoto. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/22/japan/crime-legal/minamata-victims-lawsuit-dismissed/ #japan #crimelegal #minamatadisease #kumamoto #japanesecourts #pollution #oceans