Fukushima N-Plant Evacuees Settle with TEPCO
Sapporo, Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)--A total of 176 people who fled Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, following the March 2011 severe nuclear accident there have reached a settlement with Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in their damages lawsuit filed against the firm and the government. The settlement was reached on Aug. 18 at Sapporo High Court in the northernmost prefecture of...
176 individuals who fled Fukushima Prefecture following the 2011 nuclear disaster have reached a settlement with Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in their damages lawsuit against the company and the government. The agreement was finalized on August 18 at the Sapporo High Court in Hokkaido, according to their legal representatives.
All plaintiffs relinquished their claims against the government. This decision followed the Supreme Court's ruling in June 2022 that the government was not responsible for the nuclear accident, and subsequent court decisions. The plaintiffs had evacuated to Hokkaido in the aftermath of the triple meltdown at the tsunami-affected plant in Fukushima.
As part of the settlement, TEPCO expressed regret for the irreparable harm they caused to the plaintiffs due to the accident.
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