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AFP
Key points:
Four ex-bosses of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) were ordered to pay the damages in a suit brought by shareholders over the nuclear disaster triggered by a massive tsunami, local media said on Wednesday.
... Lawyers for the plaintiffs hailed the ruling, and said they believed it to be the largest amount of compensation ever awarded in a civil lawsuit in Japan.
Hiroyuki Kawai, a lawyer representing shareholders, said when the suit was filed that senior managers at TEPCO must be made to pay.
AFP
Key points:
- The nuclear disaster, caused by a tsunami striking the Fukushima power plant, forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes
- TEPCO has since been pursued in the courts by survivors of the disaster as well as shareholders
- They argue that the disaster could have been prevented if the company's bosses had listened to research and carried out preventative measures
Four ex-bosses of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) were ordered to pay the damages in a suit brought by shareholders over the nuclear disaster triggered by a massive tsunami, local media said on Wednesday.
... Lawyers for the plaintiffs hailed the ruling, and said they believed it to be the largest amount of compensation ever awarded in a civil lawsuit in Japan.
Hiroyuki Kawai, a lawyer representing shareholders, said when the suit was filed that senior managers at TEPCO must be made to pay.