Evacuees from Fukushima nuclear meltdown reach settlement with Tepco
The decision came on the heels of the Supreme Court's June 2022 ruling that the government was not liable for the nuclear accident.
On August 18, a settlement was reached in a damages lawsuit filed by 176 evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture against Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings and the government following the 2011 nuclear disaster. The plaintiffs withdrew their claims against the government, and the decision followed a series of court rulings that found the government not liable for the accident.
The settlement does not disclose the amount, but Tepco apologized for the irreparable damage caused by the nuclear meltdown. The plaintiffs' lawyer stated that the sum was "not sufficient but took into account their claims to a certain extent." Seiichi Nakate, head of the plaintiffs, expressed that the settlement falls short of compensating for their "indescribable suffering."
In March 2020, the Sapporo District Court had ordered the government and Tepco to pay around ¥53 million in total to some of the plaintiffs, finding both liable for the accident.
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