The nationality law, which directly affects individuals’ human rights, may be out of tune with today’s world, where countless Japanese cross borders regularly for business or daily life activities.
The Tokyo High Court on Feb. 24 upheld a district court decision and doubled the damages that the Japan Boxing Commission (JBC) was ordered to pay to the three Kameda brothers for suspending licenses against their boxing gym.
Japan gov’t, TEPCO ordered to pay $2.63 mil. over Fukushima nuclear crisis
Plaintiffs’ lawyers hold banners in front of the Tokyo High Court on Feb. 19, 2021, that say they have won a damages suit against the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. over the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident.
February 19, 2021
TOKYO (Kyodo) A Japanese high court on Friday overturned a lower court decision that dismissed the state’s responsibility in the 2011 nuclear crisis, ordering both the government and the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s operator to pay damages to 43 people who had to evacuate from their hometowns as a result.
February 19, 2021
TOKYO (Kyodo) A Japanese high court on Friday overturned a lower court decision that dismissed the state’s responsibility in the 2011 nuclear crisis, ordering both the government and the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s operator to pay damages to 43 people who had to evacuate from their hometowns as a result.
The Tokyo High Court ordered the state to cover the total damages of 278 million yen ($2.63 million) together with Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., following the precedent set by the Sendai High Court last September.
It marked the third high court ruling among 30 similar lawsuits filed across the country, and the second in which both the state and the utility were ordered to pay damages over radioactive contamination following the meltdowns at the plant.
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