Meiji’s “Fukushima”: The Ashio Copper Mines Pollution Scandal (2) 明治時代の「福島」足尾銅山鉱毒事件 (その２）
Tanaka Shôzô 田中正造 (1841-1913): A Champion for the Victims of the Ashia Pollution Case Tanaka Shôzô, elected into Japan’s first Parliament in 1890 as the representative of Aso district in Tochigi prefecture, learned for the public good early in life. At the age of only 17 he succeeded his father…