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Japan’s Supreme Court rules on damages for people whose lives were disrupted by Fukushima nuclear catastrophe

Japan’s Supreme Court on Friday has ruled that victims of the Fukushima
disaster should be paid compensation for the tragedy. In a first decision
of its kind, the court said that Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) should should
pay 1.4 billion yen ($12m or about £9.1m) in damages to about 3,700
residents whose lives were upended by the nuclear disaster in 2011. The
damages cover three of more than 30 class-action lawsuits filed against the
company. The compensation will average to about 380,000 yen ($3,290) per
plaintiff, public broadcaster NHK reported.

 Independent 4th March 2022

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/fukushima-nuclear-disaster-japan-court-damages-b2028441.html

March 5, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, Legal