Minamata disease victims mourned on 50th anniv.

MINAMATA, Japan - People offer prayers at the cenotaph dedicated to the victims of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease during a memorial held in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, on the 50th anniversary of its official recognition on May 1.

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