Cross-party lawmakers, including JCP, jointly submit to the Upper House a bill to provide full compensation to Minamata disease victims

A cross-party group of lawmakers, including Japanese Communist Party members, jointly submitted a bill to the House of Councillors, calling for the government to provide full compensation to Minamata disease victims. Pictured are JCP Shirakawa Yoko (right), Kira Yoshiko (3rd from the left), Koike Akira (4th from the left), and Nihi Sohei (6th from the right) submitting the bill to the Upper House secretary general (center right).

July 9, Diet, Tokyo