A court has found for the first time that the Japanese government was negligent in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s triple meltdown in March 2011 and owes damages to people who fled the radiation.
TOKYO—A court has found for the first time that the Japanese government was negligent in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s triple meltdown in March 2011 and owes damages to people who fled the radiation.
The decision is a sign that compensation costs related to the accident will continue to weigh on both the government and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co.
