Toyama Prefecture controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1950
Itai-itai disease and cadmium pollution
Residents in Toyama’s Jinzu River basin experienced serious illness associated with cadmium contamination linked to upstream mining. The case became a defining Japanese environmental pollution incident and prompted legal, regulatory, and public-health consequences.