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- Season 8 Finding Happiness in Bathhouses
- Season 8 Yuka and Her New Classmates
- Season 8 From Handsome to Beautiful
- Season 8 "Super Volunteer": Driven to Help in Disasters
- Season 8 Drawing to Find a New Me
- Season 8 For the Love of Lettering
- Season 8 Sharing Their Stories
- Season 8 Fukushima Ramen: Bowlful of Spirit
- Season 8 Stories of Fukushima: Giving Their All
- Season 8 The Revival of "Mikan Valley"
- Season 8 A Geisha in Nara: Bridging Past and Future
- Season 8 Yuko Kuroda's Legacy of Care
- Season 8 A Community in the Sky
- Season 8 Praying for Flowers, Praying for Life
- Season 8 Serving Up Memories
- Season 8 A 26-Year-Old's Breast Cancer Diary
- Season 8 Two Worlds, One Dream: Vying for Powerlifting Glory
- Season 8 Where Are My Roots? - One Orphan's Search
- Season 8 A Late Dreamer
- Season 8 Why We Dance - Children's Kagura Troupe
- Season 8 Fukushima's Grandpa Troop: Restoring a Deserted Town
- Season 8 Home for Good - Health Care at the End of Life
- Season 8 Welcome to Maru-chan's Café
- Season 8 A Will to Survive
- Season 8 Soap That Gives Hope
- Season 8 Paddling Our Hometown Lake
- Season 8 The Bounty of the Mountains
Hometown Stories - Season 8 Episode 24 A Will to Survive
0.00 30 minutes For more than 4 decades, Fumie Murakami has suffered from a mysterious illness that was finally diagnosed as Minamata disease. Caused by organic mercury poisoning in the sea, the disease has also taken a toll far away, in inland communities. Learning the truth leaves Fumie feeling both relieved and guilty -- she realizes the fish sold at her family's store likely sickened local people. Now in her late 80's, she's fighting to secure government relief for victims as she continues to live life looking forward.
