Pollution

	Industrial Pollution in Japan Title: Index Author: - Publisher: United Nations University Press Published Year: 1992

Index

acetylene chemistry, 107, 109
air pollution, 10, 40, 68―69, 167, 179
ammonium sulphate, 48,105, 108
Ani mine, 19, 21―22
arsenic poisoning, 9, 41, 60, 73, 77,82―86, 162, 165, 168
Aradakawa pollution case, 8
Ashio copper mine, 8,12,18―24, 40―45, 49, 57, 58―59, 60, 161; opposition to the, 24, 27―28, 48, 59―60
asthma, 10, 69, 70, 75, 167

Besshi copper mine, 8, 45, 49, 60
biological destruction, 26, 40―41, 61
boycotts, 93, 94, 168
breast-feeding, 76, 80, 99

cadmium poisoning, 42, 60, 70, 167
carbide production, 104―105, 106
carbon monoxide poisoning, effects of,138, 142―149, 164―165, 166
chemical engineering, 4
chemical industry, 106―107
Chinoform, 73
Chisso Company, 103―108, 111, 114, 117―118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 161
Cho, Sugeyuki, 23
citizens' movements, 3, 8―9, 23, 27, 30―34, 49, 56, 60, 73, 74, 75, 116―117, 118―119, 128, 130, 168―169, 170, 173―174, 177―178, 183. See also students' movements, victims' movements
coal: increase in production of, 134, 135, 136; shift from to oil, 9, 69, 134
compensation, 75, 162, 177; for copper-mine damage, 48, 60―61; for fishermen affected by mercury pollution, 108, 109―110; for victims of Ashio copper-mine pollution, 25―26, 57, 60―61; for victims of Hitachi copper-refinery smoke pollution, 49; for victims of Miike coal-mine explosion, 149―153, 161, 163; for victims of Minamata disease, 112, 113, 123―124, 182; for victims of Morinaga arsenic poisoning, 87―88, 93―94; for victims of Sumitomo copper refineries' smoke pollution, 48
Confucianism, 5, 28
cooking oil, poison in, 10, 70, 73, 156
Copper Mine Poisons Survey Committees, 34, 36, 38, 45, 48
copper production, 18―19, 24, 36
court cases, 94, 116, 118―119, 123, 127, 168, 169; as forum for pollution protest, 75,172, 176―178

Daio Seishi Company, 170,171
dango,3
deforestation, 26, 40
demonstrations, anti-pollution, 28, 30, 32―34, 47, 112, 122, 123, 170
Department of Industry, 18, 24
designation, of Minamata disease victims, 73, 113, 119―121, 124―125, 126, 127
detergents, 73
economic growth, 2, 65, 66, 75―76, 167―168
Edo River, 27, 38, 59
Enomoto, Takeaki, 27, 28
Environment Agency, 10― 11, 60, 74, 121, 123, 126
Environmental Pollution Dispute Coordination Commission, 60
energy sources, changes in, 69, 134
environmental sciences, 6―7, 178
Eugenics Law, 79

families, effect on of environmental destruction, 155―158, 165, 166
Fascism, 64―65, 75
flooding, and Ashio copper mine, 22, 27, 29, 30, 57―58, 64, 171
Furukawa, Ichibei, 18, 24, 35, 45, 58, 59
Furukawa Mining Company, 19―21, 24, 25―26, 57, 60
Furukawa zaibatsu, 58

garbage disposal, 72
Gengorozawa poisons retention basin, 58―59, 61
Goto, Shimpei, 28
government: relations of with business, 2―3, 8, 74, 126, 155, 175; role in pollution cases, 7, 23, 28―34, 48, 61, 100, 119, 127, 130, 155, 160, 167, 179

Hamamoto, Eiji, 86―87
Hara, Takashi, 24
Harada, Masazumi, 129
Hayakawa, Chugo, 22, 23
Hikari Foundation, 95―97, 100―101
Hitachi copper mine, 8, 45, 48, 49
Honshu Paper Company, 9, 59
Hosokawa, Dr, 110, 112―113, 114, 119
human rights, 4, 5, 6, 12, 30, 74, 75, 162, 173, 183

Ikeda, Hayato, 112
Imperial Constitution, 23
imperialism, 3, 5, 26, 34, 39, 56, 75
industrialization, 1, 2,12, 18, 56, 61―62, 65―66, 175
Inland Sea, 66, 68, 71
Inoue, Kaoru, 24
insecticides, 73,181
iron and steel industry, 26, 44, 66, 68
Ishihara, Osamu, 167
Ishikawa, Yasujiro, 34, 35
Ishimure, Michiko, 119
Itai-itai disease, 10, 70, 73, 75, 116

Japan Association of Democratic Medical Organizations, 129
Japan Chemical (Nippon Kakoo) Company, 11
Japan-United States Security Treaty, 9, 113, 168
Jardine Matheson Company, 19―20, 21
Jintsu River, 70, 167

Kameda, Sahei, 23
Kamioka mine, 70
Kanemi (cooking oil) poisoning, 10, 70, 73, 156
Kawamata Incident, 34, 36, 38
Kawamoto, Teruo, 120, 121―122, 123, 128
Kawasaki Iron and Steel, 11
Kochi Pulp Incident, 8―9, 163, 169―172
Korea, annexation of, 26, 48, 105
Kosaka copper mine, 47
Kotoku, Shusui, 34
Kozai, Yoshinao, 23, 36
Kuhara, Fusanosuke, 49
Kumamoto University Medical Department, 110, 111, 112, 114, 119―120, 124

labour unions, 5, 65; and pollution cases, 116, 150―152, 153, 160, 161―62, 169, 176
land reclamation, 71, 171
legislation, for environmental protection, 3, 9, 11, 59, 74, 179; for pollution compensation, 29―30, 60, 178
loci, of environmental destruction, 155―57

Mainichi shimbun, 34,35
Maruyama Report, 90―92, 165
mass production, 65, 85, 182
media, reporting of pollution cases, 28, 34―35, 74, 91, 125, 160, 166, 180―181
medical profession, role in pollution cases, 90, 160, 161, 166
Meiji Milk Company, 83, 84
mercury poisoning, 9, 70, 111, 113, 114, 115―117, 119―120, 124, 129, 156, 182
mercury pollution, 11, 70, 108, 109, 111, 113
Miike coal mine, 133―136, 138, 139; explosion in, 9, 139―147, 149―153, 160, 162, 163, 164―165, 168
Miike family, 116
Miki, Takeo, 126
militarism, 3, 26, 39, 65, 75, 182―183
Minamata,104, 107, 109, 117, 121
Minamata Bay, pollution of, 108, 109, 110―111
Minamata disease, 9―10, 70, 75, 110―111, 114―115, 116, 156, 159, 161; designation of victims of, 73, 113, 119―121, 124―125, 126, 127
Minamata Disease Association, 113
Minamata Disease Patient Examination Council, 113, 125
Minamata Disease Research Group, 118, 120, 121, 128, 129
Minami, Teizo, 29
mining industry, 8, 18, 133―136
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, 48
Minto (Populist) Party, 44
Mitsui Coal Mine Company, 140, 141, 143
Mitsui Company, 133
Mitsui Mining Company, 163―164
Morinaga Milk Company, 9, 77, 82―86, 91―92, 93―95, 98, 162, 165, 168
Morinaga Milk Victims' Association (Zenkyo), 87―89
Morinaga Service Foundation, 89
motorization, 65, 66
Mutsu, Munemitsu, 24,27

National Minamata Disease Research Centre, 126
national security, 8, 9, 29
Niigata, Minamata disease in, 75, 115―116, 120, 168
Niihama copper refinery, 47
Nippon Chisso Company. See Chisso Company
Nippon Kakoo (Japan Chemical) Company, 11
Nishi Nippon Pulp Factory, 170, 171
Noguchi, Jun, 104, 105, 106
nuclear power, 73, 181
nuclear wastes, 12

occupational hazards, 68―69, 154
oil, switch to from coal, 9, 69, 134
Onda, Shoichi, 59,60
overseas production, 11―12, 180

paper industry, 59, 169
petrochemical industry, 9, 11, 66
photochemical smog, 10
plastics industry, 108―109
police, and anti-pollution protests, 28, 32―33, 34, 47, 112, 121
polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) poisoning, 10, 70, 73, 156
polyvinyl chloride (PVC), 108―109
powdered milk, 80, 82, 98, 99―100
prisoners, use of as mine labour, 133
protest actions, 170―171. See also boycotts, demonstrations
public hearings, 177
pulp processing, 69, 163, 169

reforestation, 49, 61
Russo-Japanese War, 39, 44―45, 56

sanitary engineering, 4
science and technology, 4
Seirinsha, 128
Shibusawa, Eiichi, 24, 29
Shifushi Bay petrochemical complex, 11
Shisakajima refinery, 46―47
Showa Denko Company, 115, 116
Sino-Japanese War, 26, 44―45
Smith, Eugene, 122
smoke: from industrial furnaces, 68, 69; from refineries, 26, 29, 40, 46―48, 49, 56, 61
social system, 4―5, 48
students' movements, 36, 122. See also citizens' movements
subacute myelo-optico-neuropathy (SMON) disease, 73, 156, 166
sulphurous discharges, 26, 29, 40, 47, 48, 49, 69, 163, 169, 170
Sumitomo Company, 47, 48
Sunada, Akira, 129
support groups. See citizens' movements
Taiyo no Kai, 97
Tamiya, Takeo, 126
Tanaka, Shozo, 8, 24, 27, 28, 30, 33, 34―35, 38, 39―40, 57, 61
tax exemptions, for polluted farmland, 29―30, 37
technology: export of, 11―12, 180; import of, 3―4, 18, 21; limits of, 171
textile industry, 167
third-party negotiators, 9, 26, 92,113―114, 117, 121
Tokyo Bay, 68, 71
Tone River, 27, 37―38, 61
Tsuchimoto, Noriaki, 128

United Nations Conference on the Environment (1972), 10, 11 ,122, 128, 169
Unryu Temple, 27, 30, 33―34
Urado Bay, 169, 170, 171
Urayasu Incident, 59
urbanization, 65, 71, 72

victims: persecution of, 117, 121, 161; problems of, 154―168; rejection of recognition as, 98, 120, 126, 161
victims' movements, 9―10, 59―60, 75, 87―88, 89, 121, 127―128, 159. See also citizens' movements
Victim Patient Families Association, 87

war, 64, 183
waste disposal, 179
Watarase River, 21―22, 26, 27, 36, 37―38, 39, 56, 57, 60, 61
water-quality regulations, 9, 59―60, 70
women, role in anti-pollution movements, 174

Yanaka Village, 24, 38, 39―40, 56―57, 166
Yokkaichi asthma, 10, 69, 70, 75
Yukijirushi Company, 83, 85

Zenkyo (Morinaga Milk Victims' Association), 87―89