Michiko Ishimure was born on 11 March 1927 in Kawaura, Amakusa, Japan. She was married to Hiroshi Ishimure. She died on 10 February 2018 in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
Book: "Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow: Our Minamata Disease" Ann Arbor: University of Michigan. ISBN 1-929280- 25-4 Michigan Classic Series No. 25 .Translated with a New Introduction and Notes by Livia Monnet Center for Japanese Studies, , , original Japanese "Kugai jodo: Waga Minamatabyo" published in 1968 and a revised edition published in 1972.