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Rakugo on "itai-itai" disease doctor

Rakugo storyteller Yanagiya Sansho, a native of Toyama, performs rakugo in the central Japan city on April 5, 2025. He told of the life of late doctor Noboru Hagino (1915-1990), who devoted himself to treating patients of "itai-itai" disease, caused by cadmium poisoning in Toyama following the discharge of untreated water into rivers by a mining company in a neighboring prefecture.

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Rakugo on "itai-itai" disease doctor

Rakugo storyteller Yanagiya Sansho, a native of Toyama, performs rakugo in the central Japan city on April 5, 2025. He told of the life of late doctor Noboru Hagino (1915-1990), who devoted himself to treating patients of "itai-itai" disease, caused by cadmium poisoning in Toyama following the discharge of untreated water into rivers by a mining company in a neighboring prefecture.

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Victims, Mitsui settle fight over cadmium pollution

TOYAMA, Japan - Kunihiro Takagi (R), leader of a sufferers' group, and Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. President Sadao Senda shake hands, holding documents of agreement, in Toyama, Japan, on Dec. 17, 2013. The compensation issue over one of Japan's four major pollution-caused disease cases reached a complete settlement, as sufferers of cadmium poisoning, known as "Itai-Itai Disease," and the company responsible signed an agreement on it.

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China farm land long contaminated with cadmium

SANHE, China - In this photo taken in December, 2014, villagers of Sanhe village in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region stand on farm land suspected of being contaminated by cadmium and other pollutants. Since the mid-1950s, a state-run company has mined lead and zinc in the area and there is evidence that the local water source has been polluted by waste from the mining operations.

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China farm land long contaminated with cadmium

SANHE, China - Photo taken in December, 2014, shows a drain in Sanhe village in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The drain is suspected of being contaminated by cadmium and other pollutants. Since the mid-1950s, a state-run company has mined lead and zinc in the area and there is evidence that the local water source has been polluted by waste from the mining operations.

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China farm land long contaminated with cadmium

SANHE, China - In this photo taken in December, 2014, villagers of Sanhe village in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region show swollen hands suspected of being caused by cadmium and other pollutants. Since the mid-1950s, a state-run company has mined lead and zinc in the area and there is evidence that the local water source has been polluted by waste from the mining operations.

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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.

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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.

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Cadmium pollution in Chinese village

A man allegedly affected by pollution from waste and water contaminated with cadmium in Sanhe village in Daxin county, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China near the border with Vietnam, speaks in December 2014 about his health problems. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese village polluted with cadmium

Sanhe village polluted by cadmium-contaminated water and waste in Daxin county, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region near China's border with Vietnam, is seen in December 2014. It is suspected that the pollution of the area near a zinc mine has been concealed by authorities for over half a century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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

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Annaka, the City of Pollution

A large amount of cadmium was found in the soil of a zinc smelter, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare conducted a field survey. 　 An interview with the deputy director of a zinc refinery in Annaka City, Gunma Prefecture. Farmers protesting to the city hall after their harvest has fallen, *Filming date unknown, release date: May 28, 1969.

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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)

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China farm land long contaminated with cadmium

SANHE, China - Photo taken in December, 2014, shows a drain in Sanhe village in China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The drain is suspected of being contaminated by cadmium and other pollutants. Since the mid-1950s, a state-run company has mined lead and zinc in the area and there is evidence that the local water source has been polluted by waste from the mining operations. (Kyodo)