Political scandals in Japan

a severe neurological disease caused by mercury poisoning, first discovered in the Japanese city of Minamata.

Japanese epidemic of cadmium poisoning

practice of government regulators being employed later by the affected industries and vice versa

Japanese political scandal (1933–34)

insider trading scandal in Japan

1914 scandal in Japan

2023–2024 fundraising and corruption scandal in the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan

Japanese private school operator

Contaminated blood product scandal in Japan

Japanese outbreak of mercury poisoning

Epidemic of asthma caused by air pollution in Japan

1886 sinking of a British ship off Japan and resulting backlash