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3 unusual facts about Ashio Copper Mine


Ashio Copper Mine

The Ashio Copper Mine, Ashio, Tochigi prefecture, Japan, became very significant from the end of the 19th century to the mid-20th century.

Shōzō Tanaka

He is considered a hero for his actions revolving around the Ashio Copper Mine pollution incident.

Uchimura Kanzō

Uchimura's fame as a popular writer became solid as he launched a series of sharp criticism against industrialist Ichibei Furukawa over one of modern Japan's first industrial pollution cases involving Furukawa's Ashio Copper Mine.



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