Fukushima nuclear disaster: Former bosses ordered to pay $97 billion for damages

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This is the largest compensation awarded in a Japanese court.

The shareholders filed the lawsuit against five top-level executives, former chairman,

The plaintiffs had argued that the disaster could have been averted had the former executives followed research findings and carried out preventive measures such as placing the emergency power source on higher ground. The defendants, however, said that the research studies were not credible and the risks unpredictable.

 

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