Minamata disease lawsuit

FUKUOKA, Japan - Akio Mizoguchi smiles as he holds a portrait of his late mother Chie in front of the Fukuoka High Court in Fukuoka on Feb. 27, 2012, after the court required the Kumamoto prefectural government to certify her as a sufferer of Minamata mercury poisoning disease.

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