Hikikomori4 Okt 2025

#108 - Minamata Disease (Part 1)

We start a 2-parter on what might be the most terrifying man-made environmental disaster in Japanese history, namely the purposeful, prolonged and secret dumping of toxic waste into coastal waters by multiple Japanese chemical companies, some of which are still around and thriving.

Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast.

Check my album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy!

You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app.

Sources:

Ministry of the Environment - Minamata Disease
Minamata, by W Eugene Smith and Aileen M Smith
National Institute of Minamata Disease - What We Have Learned from the Experience of Minamata Disease
Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo, by Nick Kapur (2018)
The Lancet - Japan remembers Minamata, by J McCurry
PubMed - Minamata disease: methylmercury poisoning in Japan caused by environmental pollution, by M Harada
Kumamoto Prefectural Government - Minamata Disease for Beginners
Wikipedia - Four Big Pollution Diseases
Wikipedia - Itai-Itai Disease
Wikipedia - Minamata Disease
Wikipedia - Niigata Minamata Disease

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