Yes.
Shozo Tanaka
He became a member of the Tochigi Prefectural Assembly in 1880, and Chairman of the Prefectural Assembly in 1886.[1] In the general election of 1890, Tanaka was elected to the House of Representatives during the country's first general election since the Meiji Constitution as part of the Rikken Kaishint? political party.[1]
He is considered a hero for his actions revolving around the Ashio Copper Mine pollution incident.[5] Starting from the mid-1880s, the mine became highly polluted and in 1890 a large flood carried poisons from the mine to surrounding areas.[6] Tanaka took this cause to the National Diet but his efforts met with little success.[3]:115 In 1900, villagers of the Watarase River valley (downstream of the mine) planned to organize a mass protest in Tokyo but were rebuffed by government troops and dispersed. In 1901, Tanaka resigned from the Diet to deliver an appeal directly to Emperor Meiji. The nature of his personal appeal violated tradition and so he left his wife prior to seeing the Emperor to spare her any trouble.[5][7] In 1911, the government passed the Factory Law which was Japan's first law to address industrial pollution.[7]
Tanaka was a supporter of local autonomy and the primacy of agriculture.[3]:112 He spent the rest of his life developing his own environmental philosophies and encouraging villagers to protest against various construction projects.[2] After leaving the Diet he lived in Yanaka village, now a district of the city of Sano, until his death by stomach cancer in 1913.
Yes.
Shozo Tanaka
He became a member of the Tochigi Prefectural Assembly in 1880, and Chairman of the Prefectural Assembly in 1886.[1] In the general election of 1890, Tanaka was elected to the House of Representatives during the country's first general election since the Meiji Constitution as part of the Rikken Kaishint? political party.[1]
He is considered a hero for his actions revolving around the Ashio Copper Mine pollution incident.[5] Starting from the mid-1880s, the mine became highly polluted and in 1890 a large flood carried poisons from the mine to surrounding areas.[6] Tanaka took this cause to the National Diet but his efforts met with little success.[3]:115 In 1900, villagers of the Watarase River valley (downstream of the mine) planned to organize a mass protest in Tokyo but were rebuffed by government troops and dispersed. In 1901, Tanaka resigned from the Diet to deliver an appeal directly to Emperor Meiji. The nature of his personal appeal violated tradition and so he left his wife prior to seeing the Emperor to spare her any trouble.[5][7] In 1911, the government passed the Factory Law which was Japan's first law to address industrial pollution.[7]
Tanaka was a supporter of local autonomy and the primacy of agriculture.[3]:112 He spent the rest of his life developing his own environmental philosophies and encouraging villagers to protest against various construction projects.[2] After leaving the Diet he lived in Yanaka village, now a district of the city of Sano, until his death by stomach cancer in 1913.
Shozo Tanaka
He became a member of the Tochigi Prefectural Assembly in 1880, and Chairman of the Prefectural Assembly in 1886.[1] In the general election of 1890, Tanaka was elected to the House of Representatives during the country's first general election since the Meiji Constitution as part of the Rikken Kaishint? political party.[1]
He is considered a hero for his actions revolving around the Ashio Copper Mine pollution incident.[5] Starting from the mid-1880s, the mine became highly polluted and in 1890 a large flood carried poisons from the mine to surrounding areas.[6] Tanaka took this cause to the National Diet but his efforts met with little success.[3]:115 In 1900, villagers of the Watarase River valley (downstream of the mine) planned to organize a mass protest in Tokyo but were rebuffed by government troops and dispersed. In 1901, Tanaka resigned from the Diet to deliver an appeal directly to Emperor Meiji. The nature of his personal appeal violated tradition and so he left his wife prior to seeing the Emperor to spare her any trouble.[5][7] In 1911, the government passed the Factory Law which was Japan's first law to address industrial pollution.[7]
Tanaka was a supporter of local autonomy and the primacy of agriculture.[3]:112 He spent the rest of his life developing his own environmental philosophies and encouraging villagers to protest against various construction projects.[2] After leaving the Diet he lived in Yanaka village, now a district of the city of Sano, until his death by stomach cancer in 1913.
Shozo Tanaka
He became a member of the Tochigi Prefectural Assembly in 1880, and Chairman of the Prefectural Assembly in 1886.[1] In the general election of 1890, Tanaka was elected to the House of Representatives during the country's first general election since the Meiji Constitution as part of the Rikken Kaishint? political party.[1]
He is considered a hero for his actions revolving around the Ashio Copper Mine pollution incident.[5] Starting from the mid-1880s, the mine became highly polluted and in 1890 a large flood carried poisons from the mine to surrounding areas.[6] Tanaka took this cause to the National Diet but his efforts met with little success.[3]:115 In 1900, villagers of the Watarase River valley (downstream of the mine) planned to organize a mass protest in Tokyo but were rebuffed by government troops and dispersed. In 1901, Tanaka resigned from the Diet to deliver an appeal directly to Emperor Meiji. The nature of his personal appeal violated tradition and so he left his wife prior to seeing the Emperor to spare her any trouble.[5][7] In 1911, the government passed the Factory Law which was Japan's first law to address industrial pollution.[7]
Tanaka was a supporter of local autonomy and the primacy of agriculture.[3]:112 He spent the rest of his life developing his own environmental philosophies and encouraging villagers to protest against various construction projects.[2] After leaving the Diet he lived in Yanaka village, now a district of the city of Sano, until his death by stomach cancer in 1913.