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Japanese court rejects damage claims against utility executives over Fukushima disaster
A Japanese court has ruled former executives at the utility managing the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ...
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TEPCO tweaks plan to restart reactors at central Japan nuclear plant
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., whose nuclear reactors have remained offline since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, ...
Editorial: TEPCO can't evade social responsibility over Fukushima nuclear disaster
The Tokyo High Court has overturned a lower court ruling that held former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings ...
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Japan extends life of nuclear reactors beyond 60 years
A law enabling nuclear reactors in Japan to operate beyond 60 years took effect Friday, scrapping a limit imposed after the ...
Radioactive soil to be used for flowerbeds outside PM’s office in Japan in divisive PR stunt after Fukushima disaster
RADIOACTIVE soil from Fukushima will be used outside Japan’s government buildings in a bid to persuade the country that the ...
High court rules TEPCO execs not responsible for nuclear disaster
The Tokyo High Court on June 6 rescinded a court order for former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. to pay the company ...
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Japan high court overturns Fukushima disaster compensation ruling
The Tokyo High Court on Friday overturned the earlier district court ruling against the former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to pay compensation of 13 trillion yen ($90 billion) ...