Japan’s top court says government not responsible for Fukushima damage
The ruling’s effect as a precedent will be closely watched, media said. A massive tsunami set off by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11, 2011 struck the Fukushima Daiichi power plant of Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), causing the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl and forcing hundreds of thousands from their … Read more