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Japan's top court says government not responsible for Fukushima damage

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Japan's Supreme Court ruled Friday that the government is not liable for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. Thousands of evacuees demand that the state, not just the utility, pay compensation for damage to their lives. The ruling was the first by the top court on government responsibility for the Fukushima disaster in four compensation lawsuits filed by about 3,700 Fukushima residents.

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Times of India

Japan's top court says govt not responsible for Fukushima damage-Media - Times of India

Rest of World News: TOKYO: Japan's government is not liable for damages demanded by people whose lives were devastated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the country's to.

2 years ago·India

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CTV News

Japan top court: Govt not responsible for Fukushima disaster

Japan's top court on Friday ruled that the government was not liable for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, dismissing thousands of evacuees' demands that the state, not just the utility, pay compensation for the damages inflicted to their lives.

2 years ago·Canada

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Reuters

Japan's top court says government not responsible for Fukushima damage

Japan's government is not liable for damages demanded by people whose lives were devastated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the country's top court said on Friday, the first such ruling in a series of similar cases.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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CBC News

Fukushima residents angered as court rules government is not liable for damages in nuclear crisis | CBC News

Japanese plaintiffs in four lawsuits, many still displaced in and outside of Fukushima since a 2011 nuclear crisis, had their bid to sue the government denied on Friday in a highly anticipated ruling.

2 years ago·Canada

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Associated Press News

Japan top court: Govt not responsible for Fukushima disaster

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that the government is not liable for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis , dismissing thousands of evacuees' demands that the state, not just the utility, pay compensation for damage to their lives.

2 years ago·United States

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abc News

Japan top court: Govt not responsible for Fukushima disaster

Japan’s top court has ruled that the government was not liable for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis, dismissing thousands of evacuees’ demands that the state, not just the utility, pay compensation for the damages inflicted to their lives

2 years ago·United States

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