Monument with 3 poems by Emperor unveiled in Minamata

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Minamata Mayor Hiroshi Nishida (L) attends an unveiling ceremony for a monument inscribed with three poems by Emperor Akihito at a seaside park in Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan, on March 18, 2014. The poems describe his sentiments toward victims of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease following his visit to the city with Empress Michiko for the first time in October 2013.

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