Tokyo court only holds utility responsible to compensate Fukushima evacuees and reduces damages
by Mari Yamaguchi
Dec 27, 2023
2 minutes
A Tokyo court on Tuesday held only the operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant responsible for paying damages to dozens of evacuees.
The Tokyo High Court also slashed the amount to half of what the lower court had ordered and relieved the government of responsibility — a decision that plaintiffs and their lawyers criticized as belittling their suffering and the
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