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Reconciliation sought to settle Minamata lawsuit
By - 01-22-2010 04:10 PM
Originally Posted at: The Japan Times Online

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KUMAMOTO (Kyodo) The Kumamoto District Court sought reconciliation Friday in a damages suit filed by unrecognized Minamata disease patients against the state, Kumamoto Prefecture and chemical maker Chisso Corp.
The move came after the Diet enacted legislation last July to offer financial relief to unrecognized patients of the mercury-poisoning disease by expanding the scope of patients entitled to government relief measures.



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