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Tokyo court holds only the utility responsible to compensate Fukushima evacuees, and reduces damages

 A Tokyo court has ruled that only the operator of the tsunami-wrecked
Fukushima nuclear power plant had to pay damages to dozens of evacuees,
relieving the government of responsibility. Plaintiffs criticized the
ruling as belittling their suffering and the severity of the disaster. The
Tokyo High Court also slashed the amount to half of a lower court’s
decision, ordering the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, known as
TEPCO, to pay a total of 23.5 million yen ($165,000) to 44 of the 47
plaintiffs.

 AP News 27th Dec 2023

https://apnews.com/article/japan-fukushima-nuclear-ruling-evacuees-compensation-tepco-a844a85ecdff3e2526e81e242d4c89ed

December 28, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, Legal