Japan’s top court on Friday dismissed claims that the government should pay damages in cases involving around 3,700 people whose lives were seriously affected by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, absolving the state of responsibility for mass evacuations in the crisis. The decision by the Supreme Court’s Second Petty Bench was the first for the
FUKUSHIMA – A court Thursday ordered the operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant to pay a total of ¥73.5 million ($566,000) in compensation to current and former residents of the city of Tamura, west of the complex hit by the March 2011 disaster, for emotional distress. But the 525 plaintiffs, who
Japan’s fisheries federation remained firmly opposed to the government plan of discharging treated water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the sea, its leader told Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Tuesday. “I told (Kishida) our position to oppose (the discharge) remains exactly the same,” Hiroshi Kishi, head of the national fisheries cooperatives,
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the northeastern prefectures of Miyagi and Fukushima on Wednesday night, signing up an upper 6 on Japans shindo earthquake strength scale, one step listed below the leading level.The weather condition firm issued a 1-meter tsunami advisory for the 2 prefectures, prompting locals to stay away from the coast. Tsunami waves
