Tokyo court fines ex-Tepco execs $95b over Fukushima disaster
Published: Jul 13, 2022 1:29 PM
The Tokyo district court today ordered four former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to pay 13 trillion yen ($95 billion or RM420 billion) in damages to the operator of the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, the plaintiff's lawyers said.
The ruling, in a civil case brought by Tepco shareholders, marks the first time a court has found former executives responsible for the nuclear disaster, local media reports said.
The court judged that the executives...
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