Minamata disease suit settled as mediation plan approved

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Toshio Oishi, the representative of unrecognized sufferers of Minamata mercury poisoning disease, speaks at a news conference in Kumamoto on March 29, 2010, after the sufferers agreed with the state, Kumamoto Prefecture and chemical maker Chisso Corp. to settle a damages suit in principle under a plan brokered by the Kumamoto District Court that includes lump-sum payments of 2.1 million yen per person. (Kyodo)

• Product Code
• ILEA000344533

• Registered date
• 2010/3/29 00:00:00

• Credit
• Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

• Media source

• Media size
• 1303 × 1802 pixel

• Resolution
• 240 dpi

• Deployment size
• 655.80(KB)*

• Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.