2011 Fukushima Damage: Japan’s Top Court Says Government Not Responsible

Japan’s Government Says She Is Not Liable For Damages Demanded By People Whose Lives Were Devastated By The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster.

A Massive Tsunami Set Off By A 9.0 Magnitude Earthquake Off Japan’s Northeastern Coast On March 11, 2011 Struck The Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant Of Tokyo Electric Power, Causing The Worst Nuclear Disaster Since Chernobyl And Forcing Hundreds Of Thousands From Their Homes.

Plaintiffs Demanded Damages From Both Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings TEPCO And The Country In Several Class-Action Lawsuits, And In March The Supreme Court Upheld An Order For TEPCO To Pay Damages Of 1.4 Billion Yen To About 3,700 People.

About 470,000 People Were Forced To Evacuate In The First Days After The Disaster, And Tens Of Thousands Remain Unable To Return Even Now.