Fukushima disaster victims win damages from Tepco in highest court -NHK
04/03/2022 08:12
TOKYO, March 4 (Reuters) - In the first decision of its
kind, Japan's Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Tokyo Electric
Power (Tepco) 9501.T should
pay 1.4 billion yen ($12 million) in damages to about 3,700
residents whose lives were upended by the nuclear disaster in
2011.
Averaging about 380,000 yen ($3,290) per plaintiff, the
damages cover three class-action lawsuits out of more than 30
filed against the utility and are the first to be finalised,
public broadcaster NHK reported.
(Reporting by Sakura Murakami; Editing by John Stonestreet)
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