Gov't, Tepco ordered to pay damages to Fukushima evacuees

A Japanese district court on Thursday ordered the state and the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to pay damages to evacuees over the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.The Kyoto District Court ordered the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay 110 million yen ($1.04 million) in damages to 110 of 174 plaintiffs who fled Fukushima and other prefectures to Kyoto, in most cases, voluntarily. The plaintiffs were seeking a total of around 846.6 million yen.The ruling is the fifth among approximately 30 similar lawsuits filed across Japan and the t…READ FULL ARTICLE