Kamioka Mining Office

Japanese: 神岡鉱業所 - かみおかこうぎょうしょ
Kamioka Mining Office

...This disease has been occurring frequently since 1945, mainly in Funachu Town, Toyama Prefecture, downstream of the Jinzu River, and although the number of deaths before 1963 is unknown, it is believed that more than 200 people have died from Itai-itai disease. The cause was initially unknown, but in 1957 it was pointed out that it was due to mineral poisoning from the Kamioka Mine of Mitsui Kinzoku upstream, and it was later discovered to be chronic cadmium poisoning. In 1968, victims filed a lawsuit demanding compensation, and the first trial in June 1971 and the second trial in August 1972 were both in favor of the victims. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Kamioka Mine is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この病気は神通川下流域の富山県婦中町を中心に1945年以降に多発し,63年以前は不詳であるが,イタイイタイ病による死者は200名以上にのぼるともみられている。当初は原因不明とされたが,1957年に上流の三井金属神岡鉱業所からの鉱毒によるものであることが指摘され,のちカドミウムの慢性中毒であることが明らかとなった。68年に被害者により補償要求の訴訟がなされ,71年6月の第一審判決,72年8月の第二審判決とも被害者の勝訴となった。…

※「神岡鉱業所」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Hair dress (karaginu) - Kamioki

>>:  Kamioka Mining Co., Ltd.

Recommend

Enfant Cave - Enfant Cave

…Fossil human remains discovered at the Grimaldi ...

Returning home - English spelling: Guī Zhuāng

1613‐73 A Chinese poet from the late Ming and earl...

Parliament Enclosure

… The English Revolution in the mid-17th century ...

Chinese literal translation style

〘 noun 〙 A piece of writing that reads like a Japa...

Title piece

Pronounced "daisen," it is a small piece...

Kadano Seto - Kadano Seto

…The narrowest part of the strait, connecting Tak...

Shioyazaki

A cape facing the Pacific Ocean in southeastern F...

Rhaphiolepis indica (English spelling) Rhaphiolepis indica

…[Yamanaka Futoshi]. … *Some of the terminology t...

Said-i Kurdi (English spelling)

…Religious activist during the late Ottoman Empir...

Salt damage

Damage to crops, buildings, and facilities caused...

Nobuhide Oda

A military commander in the Sengoku period. Born ...

Space communications

Wireless communication via space. With the advent...

Ricaniidae

…As their elegant name suggests, this group of he...

Istrati, Panait

Born: August 11, 1884 in Valdovinesti [Died] April...

Fujiwara no Sanesuke - Fujiwara no Sanesuke

A nobleman in the mid-Heian period. He was the th...