Corporate Tradition:
> .. at the end of 1959, #Chisso’s president publicly drank a glass of water from the Cyclator, without announcing that the wastewater from the acetaldehyde plant, which contained mercury, was not being run through the #Cyclator. An eerily similar performance took place on March 24, 2011 when Tokyo’s Governor #IshiharaShintarō drank a glass of tap water on national television..
https://apjjf.org/2012/10/11/Timothy-S.-George/3715/article.html
#TimGeorge #Minamata #FukushimaDaiIchi #KishidaFumio #SafetyPerformance

しらぬい! 柑橘がおいしいい!!
I got DekoPon (ShiraNui) fruits from Minamata today. They smell great, the taste great, I know who grew them and that the people involved are great... All the important stuff that we are not supposed to care about while pricing and shopping...

#Minamata #CitrusFruit #水俣 #柑橘類 #しらぬい #ドコポン #Shiranui #Dekopon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekopon

Just watched #Minamata #movie with #JohnnyDepp playing Life magazine #photographer W. Eugene Smith. Sorry to say, but Depp’s portrayal was cringe-inducing. Like watching elderly captain Jack Sparrow pretending (badly) to be a #photojournalist. Horrific true story and amazing photos, once I managed to get over Depp’s #acting.

#journalism #film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata_(film)

In Japanese the equivalent of "anti-American" (a phrase Chomsky says is totalitarian) is 非国民 HiKokuMin. The middle box-like kanji stands for State, nation-state. While paying attention to #Toroku and #Minamata I think why not words like 売国奴 BaiKokuDo for people that sell their villages' water, or land to the State and Corporations? Why no 非村民 HiSonMin or 売村奴 BaiSonDo for men that give rights to exploitative mines, factories, and corporations? Should be seen like selling daughters off for #口減らし

Thou Shalt not be Responsible
Thou Shalt confuse the victims and public
Thou Shalt Divide the Victims
Thou Shalt not collect data
Thou Shalt stall for time.
Thou Shalt underestimate the damage
Thou Shalt exhaust the victims to give up hope.
Thou Shalt implement a certification system that restricts recognition.
Thou Shalt not release information abroad.
Thou Shalt invite venal experts to conferences.
https://apjjf.org/data/FreshCurrents2012d_79_88.pdf
#AileenMiokoSmith #Minamata #Fukushima #公害 #Pollution #Industry

One of the prizes awarded to #MinamataStory #AnEcoTragedy about #Minamata and #MinamataDisease
> Freeman Book Awards
> Honoring East And Southeast Asian Titles for Children and Young Adults
...
> Set in Japan
The Minamata Story
By #SeanMichaelWilson, Illustrated by #AkikoShimojima (#StoneBridgePress)
https://www.nctasia.org/awards

@fedops Probably mean he wants to make babies in Japan? If we got real and looked at Food Security and Ecological Footprints Japan could do well with a smaller population. #IshimureMichiko on #Minamata writes how in the 1950s poor people in fishing villages were still selling of their daughters to better feed the remaining mouths. The practice was called, decreasing the mouths #口減らし,. With global climate chaos and food riots we'd be better off decreasing bullshit jobs and profits...

> You can find many living and extinct creatures in the fan-shaped frame. The drawing illustrates the history and diversity of life. The center of the fan denotes the birth of life on earth 3.8 billion years ago. Since that time, evolution has given rise to diverse species, and the outer rim of the fan represents the creatures living in the world today.
https://www.brh.co.jp/en/publication/cards/papercraft/004/
#OgataMasato of #Minamata invited #NakamuraKeiko of #Biohistory to speak at the #MinamataForum . #BiohistoryEmaki

@bsmall2@nerdica.net The above is a shared Friendica post that is a quoted text from the linked #Intercept article. It made me think of#ElonMusk's commens about Japan's declining population. In the 50s, in #Minamata, #IshimureMichiko was writing about families needing to sell of their daughters to better feed the remaining mouths. #口減らし Food Self-sufficiency #食料自給率 is low, probably even without accounting for all the chemical fertilizers being made with imported substances. #CompactSociety time! #縮小社会

> 水俣病が新発生/カニ食べた少年，魔の禁漁区は獲り放題/なお続発の恐れ https://minamata195651.jp/pdf/news/news_1956kara1960.pdf

Like Piya in #AmitavGhosh's #TheHungryTIde, I wish I knew more about #crabs.. Maybe they have a high tolerance, or affinity, for #OrganicMercury and other heavy metals, pollutants in general? While all other cathes were going down, #crab catches went up one year during a tough time in #Minamata. #水俣 #水俣病 #チッソ #チッソ病 #ザコポレーション #水銀 #mercury #MethylMercury #TheCorporation #IndustrialCivilization #Omnicide

https://write.as/bs2lr/plot-picts-and-pip-lines-with-arrows-and-bitmaps

> This table of fisheries data made it easy to appreciate functional programming with sort. You are free to create a function that will.. order.. the data. It's simple to adhere to Howard Wainer's rules for “table construction.”..
> The first rule of table construction is to:
1. Order the rows and columns in a way that makes sense. We are almost never interested in “Austria First.” #HowardWainer
https://write.as/bs2lr/minamata-fish-market-decline-1950-1956
#crab #crabs #racket #RacketPlot #DataVisualization #Minamata

> A true story of environmental damage and deeply moving personal tragedy in Japan due to miss-management and cover up.

A graphic novel /manga on ‘ #Minamata disease’, which looks at the devastating effect of mercury poisoning by chemical company of coastal communities of Japan... corporations evading responsibility, government cover ups and the very moving story of the local people who suffered.. but with deep strength and courage.
https://seanmichaelwilson.weebly.com/minamata-story.html
#SeanMichaelWilson #EcoTragedy

> 2021 Honorable Mention – Young Adult/High School Literature (Graphic)
> The Minamata Story by Sean Michael Wilson, Illustrated by Akiko Shimojima (Stone Bridge Press)
Non-fiction, set in #japan

- https://nctasia.org/freeman-book-awards/
#SeanMichaelWilson #Minamata #MinamataStory #EcoTragedy #FreemanPrize

> What made you decide to take up the project?
> A friend of mine who is an environmental campaigner has a few of my books on social issues and suggested that I do the next one on Minamata. I had heard of it before and thought it was a good idea.
> So, he took me down to Minamata to meet with the disease sufferers and those who care for them. They took me on a tour of some key places connected to the issue, and I learned a lot.
https://japan-forward.com/new-manga-brings-attention-to-ecotragedy-of-minamata/
#Minamata #MinamataDisease #水俣病

Proud to be from PA!! The greats tend to destroy their TVs.

ペンシルベニア州生れのEdward Abbeyさんはテレビを壊して偉いと思うけど、 水俣の緒方正人さんはもっと偉い。庭の石でテレビを壊す[1]のがもっと継続官能な方法ですので尊敬します。 やっぱりしっかりしている人間は素手、 鉄砲などの近来(Modernity) の手段を借りて怠け者(lazy)なことをしません。

- https://explorepahistory.com/displayimage.php?imgId=1-2-18BD

[1] [常世の船を漕ぎて: 水俣病私史」 _Rowing the Eternal Sea: The Story of a Minamata Fisherman _

#EdwardAbbey #OgataMasato #MasatoOgata #PA #Pennsylvania #Minamata #水俣 #緒方正人

> If Sennan Asbestos Disaster is THE Japanese documentary of 2010s, Minamata Mandala will likely be THE Japanese documentary of 2020s. Kazuo captured the power of life in such a pure way. 2K DCP, Shanghai International Film Festival

- https://mubi.com/films/minamata-mandala

#Minamata #Movie #水俣曼荼羅 #水俣病 #原一男 #HaraKazuo #Documentary #MinamataMandala

> Not merely a place where artifacts and documents are displayed, the Minamata Disease Museum's goal is raising questions about and beyond Minamata's facts, calling for a broader thinking on the way we make our living within the contemporary society.

- https://www.minamatadiseasemuseum.net/

#Minamata #MinamataDisease #GrassRoots #museum #Japan #industrialcivilization

- https://film.japansociety.org/bundle/minamata-mandala/

#Minamata #Movie #水俣曼荼羅 #水俣病 #原一男 #HaraKazuo #Documentary #MinamataMandala

- https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2021/films/minamata-mandala

#Minamata #Movie #水俣曼荼羅 #水俣病 #原一男 #HaraKazuo #Documentary #MinamataMandala

- http://docudocu.jp/minamata/

#Minamata #Movie #水俣曼荼羅 #ドキュメンタリー #原一男 #水俣病 #水俣 #石牟礼道子 #文学 #詩