Asahi Shimbun is conducting comprehensive reporting on the 70th anniversary of the official recognition of Minamata disease on May 1. Through special digital features, including a series on the life of congenital patient Shinobu Sakamoto, and a rare collaborative survey with the Kumamoto Gakuen University Minamata Disease Research Center and local broadcasters, the news organization aims to convey the realities of the damage and its enduring societal challenges. The initiative seeks to reflect on the lessons of environmental pollution in today's context.

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