Minamata disease victims mourned on 50th anniv.

MINAMATA, Japan - Tsuginori Hamamoto, 70, a Minamata disease patient whose parents succumbed to the disease, is moved to tears while making a speech at a memorial service held in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, on the 50th anniversary of the disease's official recognition on May 1. ''We need to learn lessons from failure so we will not repeat the pollution and bring about victims like us,'' Hamamoto said. (Kyodo)

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