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A brief explanation of
Nishiyodogawa Pollution &
Nishiyodogawa pollution
lawsuit
July 29, 2019
Center for the Redevelopment of
Pollution-damaged Areas
(The Aozora Foundation)
Mr.Kimio YAMAGISHI & Toshiyuki UEDA
Facilitator: Tomoko KURIMOTO
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About Aozora Foundation( i.e. Blue Sky Foundation)
☺Date of Birth (establishment)
Sep.11, 1996
☺Established by using part of the settlement
money won from the lawsuit against polluters
☺Official Name
Center for the Redevelopment of
Pollution damaged Areas
(under Cabinet Office jurisdiction)
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Mr.YAMAGISHI,Kimio Mr.UEDA,Toshiyuki
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North Korea
South Korea
Japan
Osaka cityNishiyodogwa Ward
Location of Nishiyodogawa Ward, Osaka
Nishiyodogwa Ward
Route 2Osaka city
Nishinomiya city
Amagasaki city
Meishin Expressway
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“Pacific ocean belt map common”. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Osaka,Nishiyodogawa
In 1960 the Japanese government formulated the
National Income Doubling Plan, as a result of that
the Pacific coast area was industrialized.
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◆This smoke exhaust
from the factories
sometimes stopped
trains
◆The red smoke is
exhaust from the steel
manufactures
Sky above Nishiyodogawa in 1960’S
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写真から考える
淀川堤防から西淀川、尼崎を望む 1967(昭和42)年ごろの写真
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1972 "Japan Archipelago Remodeling Plan"
In order to decentralize industrial concentration in the Pacific Belt
Zone, highway networks were deployed. As a result, pollution spread
throughout the country.
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The First Pollution Victim Collective Action Day(6-7 June 1976)
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The Pollution Diet of 1970
(The Basic Act for Environmental Pollution Control and 15 other laws
for environmental pollution control were passed at once)
In 1973 the Pollution-Related Health Damage Compensation Law was
established.
Air pollution
throughout thee so-called
“Pacific Ocean Belt”
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Nishiyodogawa Pollution LawsuitFrom 1978 to 1998
Air pollution caused by smoke exhaust from factories and automobiles
◆Plaintiffs: in total 726◆Defendant: National Government, Hanshin Expressway
public cooperation, 10 factories
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One million signatures
Clean Air and a Blue Sky for our Children
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Nishiyodogawa Regeneration Planby pollution victims
Before the judicial decision at the first district court
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Key points of reconciliation indicated in the Nishiyodogawa Regeneration Plan
① To recognize their responsibility to have caused the pollution and to apologize
② To make compensation for the damage caused
③ Restoration of health for people
④ Comprehensive countermeasures for pollution
⑤ Regeneration of the area
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Results of Nishiyodogawa pollution
lawsuit
Winning a lawsuit
FactoriesHave liability for their smoke exhaust
• provide funds for regeneration (Aozora foundation was established with this fund)
National GovernmentHas liability in road management
agreed that health damage is caused by mote vehicle exhaust gas
As a result they;
• Reduced the number of traffic lanes on Route 43
• Held Consultation meetings with pollution victims on road policy
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What is needed to redevelop pollution-devasted areas?
Create a partnership
Can build a sustainable society with no pollution
Confirm the current situation
Pollution
Global warming
Government
Citizens Companies
To know causes and the measures of pollution and global warming.
Collaborative relationship between government, companies and citizens.
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Meeting of Road Liaison Committee
Environmental measures in Nishiyodogawafollowing the settlement
Meeting of road liaison committee Nishiyodogawa Road Environment Measures Liaison Committee
formed; plaintiffs, national government, and Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation meet to deliberate on pollution measures.
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Meeting of Road Liaison Committee“Environmental Road Pricing”
Route 43
Traffic Jam
Hanshin Expressway No 3 Kobe Route
30%
OFF
Hanshin Expressway No 5 Coast Route
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PM2.5
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
environmental standard(Japan)
Owada(R43)
Sin-Tsukuda(R2)
Utajima-bashi(R2)
Dekijima(R43)
Annual average
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