Environmental Violence in Minamata: Responsibility, Resistance, and Religiosity in the Case of Ogata Masato and Hongan no Kai

The small town of Minamata is infamous for the industrial disease named after the city. This disease resulted from having ingested methyl mercury, a substance released for more than three decades by a factory owned by the Chisso Corporation. Upon entering the human body, mercury affects the nervous...

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Main Author: Yuki Miyamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/9/5/166

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