Mushure meizvozvo, kambani yakakwidza nyaya yacho kuNagoya District Court muKanazawa, asi kukwidza kwacho kwakarambwa muna Nyamavhuvhu 1972. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. yakabvuma kubhadhara mari yekurapwa kwevanhu vakakanganiswa, kubhadhara mari yekutarisa mhando yemvura inoitwa nevagari, uye kubhadhara muripo kuvanhu vane chirwere ichi. Vanhu vanotenda kuti vane itai-itai chirwere vanofanirwa kubata Ministry of Health, Labor, uye Welfare yeJapan uye vanoti vanhu vavo vakaongororwa nechirwere ichi.
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