Environment Minister Hosono in Minamata

Environment Minister Hosono in Minamata

MINAMATA, Japan - Environment Minister Goshi Hosono (back R) speaks during a meeting with sufferers of Minamata mercury poisoning disease in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Jan. 29, 2012. He apologized for the time it is taking the government to resolve the issue of providing relief measures to uncertified sufferers of the disease caused by the release of tainted water into the sea decades ago.

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