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Top court declares woman Minamata disease victim

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiff Akio Mizoguchi raises his arms in celebration in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on April 16, 2013. The top court upheld a high court ruling that posthumously recognized his mother Chie as a victim of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease, one of the country's worst outbreaks of disease linked to industrial pollution.

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Top court declares woman Minamata disease victim

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiff Akio Mizoguchi raises his arms in celebration in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on April 16, 2013. The top court upheld a high court ruling that posthumously recognized his mother Chie as a victim of the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease, one of the country's worst outbreaks of disease linked to industrial pollution.

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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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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. (Kyodo)