Minamata as Negative Heritage in Modern Japan: Implications for Fukushima
This paper examines the industrial pollution that led to mercury poisoning around Minamata Bay in Kuma-moto Prefecture, Japan from the 1950s. It is argued that the social and political ‘lessons’ of Minamata constitute a type of ‘negative heritage’ that presents a microcosm of many of the problems as...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Pazifische Studien e.V.
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Pacific Geographies |
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| Online Access: | http://www.pacific-geographies.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/07/PG40_Aoyama_Hudson.pdf |