Vol. 3June 2026
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The Watarase River

渡良瀬川

大鹿卓 · Japanese

Poisoned by copper mining at Ashio, the Watarase River silently destroys the fields and futures of the villagers along its banks.

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Poisoned by copper mining at Ashio, the Watarase River silently destroys the fields and futures of the villagers along its banks. A documentary novel on Japan's earliest industrial disaster.

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