A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered the Tochigi prefectural government and a high school athletic federation to pay 290 million yen ($2 million) in damages to the families of five people killed in an avalanche during a mountaineering course in March 2017.Three instructors responsible for delivering the course were also defendants in the lawsuit, which sought 385 million yen, but the Utsunomiya District Court dismissed the claims against them.In dismissing the claims against the three, Presiding Judge Chikako Asaoka cited the State Redress Law, which states damages claims against public se…READ FULL ARTICLE
