A high court in Japan has ordered the operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to compensate a group of residents over the 2011 nuclear accident, but cleared the government of liability.
About 1,300 residents of Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture filed the lawsuit. They demanded that Tokyo Electric Power Company and the government compensate them for their psychological suffering.
On Friday, the Sendai High Court ruled that the government bears grave responsibility for not ordering the power company to adopt safety measures at the plant. But the court added that it is impossible to state with full certainty that such measures would have prevented the accident.
The court overturned a portion of a district court ruling that ordered the government to pay damages.
It instead ordered Tokyo Electric Power to pay compensation worth 326 million yen, or about 2.4 million dollars -- more than the amount awarded by the lower court.
The high court ruling was in line with a Supreme Court decision last June that found the government was not liable for the nuclear accident.
About 1,300 residents of Iwaki City in Fukushima Prefecture filed the lawsuit. They demanded that Tokyo Electric Power Company and the government compensate them for their psychological suffering.
On Friday, the Sendai High Court ruled that the government bears grave responsibility for not ordering the power company to adopt safety measures at the plant. But the court added that it is impossible to state with full certainty that such measures would have prevented the accident.
The court overturned a portion of a district court ruling that ordered the government to pay damages.
It instead ordered Tokyo Electric Power to pay compensation worth 326 million yen, or about 2.4 million dollars -- more than the amount awarded by the lower court.
The high court ruling was in line with a Supreme Court decision last June that found the government was not liable for the nuclear accident.
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Japan's Sendai High Court ruled in favor of a group of Fukushima residents seeking compensation for the 2011 nuclear accident, but cleared the government of liability. The court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company to pay 326 million yen (approximately 2.4 million dollars) in damages to about
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URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230310_35/
Date: March 10, 2023
Created: 2023/03/13 07:18
Updated: 2025/12/09 06:20
Last Read: 2023/03/13 07:21