Meiji Japan’s “Fukushima”: The Ashio Copper Mines Pollution Scandal 明治時代の「福島」足尾銅山鉱毒事件 (3)
Yanaka 谷中村: A losing battle to save a village The Watarase Yûsuichi nature reserve 渡良瀬遊水地 looked bleak on the overcast April day when I visited it, but also invitingly peaceful. Spring had not quite made it to the area yet, it seemed; most of the trees were still bare,…