Michiko Ishimure

Michiko Ishimure

File photo taken in April 2015 shows Michiko Ishimure, a Japanese author known for her books on Minamata mercury poisoning disease, speaking during an interview in Kumamoto, Japan. She died at age 90 on Feb. 10, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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