A new photo exhibition is being held at the Minamata Disease Municipal Museum in Minamata and will continue until March 14. Here’s a quote from the article about the photographer:

“Ishikawa was an aspiring photographer who began working with famed U.S. photojournalist W. Eugene Smith (1918-78) after a chance encounter with the lensman on the streets of Tokyo.”

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201402180005