Question

In this country, the author of The One Straw Revolution developed the “natural farming” ethos of using no chemicals. (15[2])A disease translated as “it hurts” spread (15[2])in this country (15[4])due to (15[1])cadmium-poisoned (15[2])drinking (15[1])water. (15[1])A scorpion-like (15[1])robot was developed (15[1])by (15[1])TEPCO to explore a site in this (15[1])country that began (15[1]-5[1])releasing ALPS-treated water into the sea in 2023. (15[1])In this country, the Chisso Corporation caused a (*) “dancing (10[1])cat” disease named (10[1])for the bay into which methylmercury-laced wastewater was dumped. (10[1])A 1997 UN agreement adopted in this country (10[1])aimed to reduce human-made (10[2])carbon (10[1])dioxide emissions. (10[1]-5[1])Leaders of this country have on several occasions publicly eaten seafood to dissuade (10[1])fears of lingering radiation (10[1])following a (10[1])2011 (10[1])tsunami. (10[1])For 10 points, name this country still haunted by the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. ■END■

ANSWER: Japan [or Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku] (The Itai-itai disease was caused by cadmium poisoning in Toyama Prefecture. The “dancing cat” disease is Minamata disease. The 1992 agreement was the Kyoto Protocol.)
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