A court on Thursday ordered the government to pay 110 million yen in new damages over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, ruling it should have predicted and avoided the meltdown. The Kyoto district court ordered the government and power plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) to pay damages to…
A court on Thursday ordered the government to pay 110 million yen in new damages over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, ruling it should have predicted and avoided the meltdown.
The Kyoto district court ordered the government and power plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) to pay damages to 110 local residents who had to leave the Fukushima region, a court official and local media said.
Thursday’s verdict was the third time the government has been ruled liable for the meltdown.
In October, a court in Fukushima city ruled that both the government and TEPCO were responsible, following a similar ruling in March in the eastern city of Maebashi.
However, another court, in Chiba, ruled in September that only the operator was liable.
