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