On the twenty seventh, the Osaka District Court filed a lawsuit during which greater than 120 individuals dwelling within the Kansai area, who weren’t acknowledged as having Minamata illness and weren’t eligible for reduction underneath the Special Measures Law, sought compensation from the nationwide authorities, Kumamoto Prefecture, and the businesses liable for the illness. acknowledged all the plaintiffs as affected by Minamata illness and ordered them to pay roughly 350 million yen in compensation to the federal government and different events.
The plaintiffs will go to the Ministry of the Environment on the twenty eighth and plan to hunt concrete discussions towards early reduction for these nonetheless affected by Minamata illness.
Plaintiffs in Minamata illness lawsuit go to Ministry of the Environment looking for early reduction following Osaka District Court ruling | NHK
