Firms to pay damages in pollution suit

Plaintiffs in an air pollution suit carry a banner reading 'Blue Skies and Clean Air for Our Descendants' in front of the Kobe District Court on Wednesday Feb. 17. Kansai Electric Power Co. and eight companies listed in the suit agreed to pay patients and families of deceased victims 2.42 billion yen in damages in a court-brokered settlement later in the day. ==Kyodo

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