Minamata at 50: The tragedy deepens

Eric Johnston

doi:10.1017/S1557466006004943

Minamata at 50: The tragedy deepens

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2025

Eric Johnston

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“The most dangerous enemy to truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority.” Henrik Ibsen, “An Enemy of the People.”

As public spaces in Japan go, Minamata's Eco Park is quite pleasant. Unlike the “Designed by local elders and built by a yakuza-linked construction firm now under indictment” concrete monstrosities that often pass for “parks” in Japan, one can actually relax in Eco Park and enjoy a stroll along the waterfront of Minamata bay and the Shiranui Sea off Kyushu in western Japan.

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Type: Research Article
Information: Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 4 , Issue 5 , May 2006 , e18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1557466006004943 [Opens in a new window]
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