Cadmium-polluted farmland restored in Toyama

Cadmium-polluted farmland restored in Toyama

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area along the Jinzu River in Toyama on the Sea of Japan on March 16, 2012. A ceremony held on March 17, 2012, marked the completion of a 33-year project to restore the cadmium-polluted farmland along the river, the cause of one of Japan's four major pollution-related diseases in the postwar era of economic growth.

We won the case - Itai-itai disease judgment

The plaintiffs won a total victory in the case of cadmium dripping at the Kamioka Mining Plant of Mitsui Mining Co. An interview with a woman at the Kamioka River in the Etchu Plain, the plaintiffs sharing their joy after the verdict, a large amount of waste liquid containing cadmium, Mitsui Kinzoku appealing the verdict, and a meeting between Mitsui Kinzoku and the plaintiffs. A meeting between Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. and the plaintiffs, *Filming date unknown, release date: July 9, 1971.

Japan's royal couple visit pollution disease museum in Toyama

Japan's royal couple visit pollution disease museum in Toyama

Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko visit on Oct. 24, 2015, the Toyama Prefectural Itai-itai Disease Museum in Toyama, central Japan, exhibiting documents about one of Japan's four major pollution-tied diseases caused by factory-released cadmium on residents in the prefecture's Jinzu River basin. (Pool Photo Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Cadmium-polluted farmland restored in Toyama

Cadmium-polluted farmland restored in Toyama

TOYAMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area along the Jinzu River in Toyama on the Sea of Japan on March 16, 2012. A ceremony held on March 17, 2012, marked the completion of a 33-year project to restore the cadmium-polluted farmland along the river, the cause of one of Japan's four major pollution-related diseases in the postwar era of economic growth. (Kyodo)