AtlasJapanMinamataOne word pinned hereMinamata32.2119°N 130.4087°E · Q386110One English word in this atlas traces back to Minamata. It sits in Japan.ShareAll of Japan Pinned hereMinamata diseasenoun · 20th centuryWell attestedAn industrial disaster gave a Japanese city's name to a disease.Methylmercury discharged into Minamata Bay from the 1930s poisoned people who ate the fish. The city's name now denotes the poisoning itself.Named from the placeRead →Nearest pinssatsumaSatsuma Province, Japan51 kmbicchuliteBitchū, Japan402 kmokayamaliteOkayama Prefecture, Japan426 kmKorean ageSouth Korea, South Korea476 km