Wako University is holding an exhibition through Sept. 24 on Minamata disease at its campus in Machida, western Tokyo, aiming to show how the mercury-poisoning disease has affected Japan's postwar society.
The exhibition is being held to mark the 50th anniversary of official recognition of one of Japan's most serious pollution-related illnesses.
It is cosponsored by the nonprofit organization Minamata-Forum and includes a series of lectures and symposiums by Minamata disease patients, scholars and social activists. Photo and films will also be exhibited.