The government will accept a court-brokered settlement in a damages suit filed by unrecognized sufferers of Minamata disease, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Thursday…The proposed settlement terms were presented during the fourth session of court-mediated negotiations between 2,126 plaintiffs and the defendants — the government, the Kumamoto Prefecture and chemical maker Chisso Corp. — over a damages suit filed in 2005. A Chisso factory in the prefecture released mercury-tainted water into the sea, causing the disease…The government is working on rectifying cases involving people who do not meet the strict eligibility criteria for Minamata pollution victims...