Minamata disease museum welcomes 1 millionth visitor

Minamata disease museum welcomes 1 millionth visitor

Minamata Mayor Hiroshi Nishida (far L) and Masami Ogata (far R), chairman of a group of Minamata mercury-poisoning disease patients and their families, attend a ceremony on Sept. 22, 2017, at the Minamata Disease Municipal Museum in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, as the museum welcomed its one millionth visitor. The museum, founded in 1993, displays documents and related materials about the disease that is one of Japan's worst illnesses linked to industrial pollution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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