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Who launched Japan's first agitation against industrial pollution in 1897 with 800 villagers?

AUeki Emori of Tosa
BMiyake Setsurei
CTanaka Shozo
DFukuzawa Yukichi
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Tanaka Shozo
1. The Ashio mine polluted the Watarase river. 2. Tanaka Shozo, a first Diet member, led the protest. 3. Pollution controls followed by 1904. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 11, Paths to Modernisation._
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