ILEA000085139: Family of girl killed by tsunami wins damages suit

Lawsuit over kids' death in tsunami in northeastern Japan

Hiroyuki Konno, who represents plaintiffs in a damages lawsuit filed by families of school children killed in the March 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, speaks at a press conference in the northeastern Japan city, on May 7, 2018. Konno was responding to the city's decision to appeal to the Supreme Court a high court ruling that acknowledged local authorities' responsibility in the deaths of the children. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lawsuit over kids' death in tsunami in northeastern Japan

Hiroyuki Konno, who represents plaintiffs in a damages lawsuit filed by families of school children killed in the March 2011 tsunami in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, speaks at a press conference in the northeastern Japan city, on May 7, 2018. Konno was responding to the city's decision to appeal to the Supreme Court a high court ruling that acknowledged local authorities' responsibility in the deaths of the children. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Court finds city negligent over schoolgirl's tsunami death

Photo taken in April 2011 shows the gymnasium of city-run Nobiru Elementary School in Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, just weeks after a devastating earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. The Sendai High Court on April 27, 2017 upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the city to pay 26.5 million yen ($238,000) in damages to the family of a schoolgirl killed by tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Damages suit dismissed over tsunami deaths at evacuation facility

Lawyers representing the families of two women who were killed in the March 2011 tsunami head to the Morioka District Court in the northeastern Japan city of Morioka on April 21, 2017. The court dismissed their damages suit claiming the city of Kamaishi failed to make clear to residents that an evacuation facility was not suitable for shelter in the event of tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan gov't ordered to pay record damages in U.S. base noise suit

Photo taken in February 2014 shows the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture. About 22,000 residents near the base were awarded about 30.2 billion yen ($267 million) in a court ruling on Feb. 23, 2017, marking the largest damages payment levied against the Japanese government in a suit over noise from a military installation. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan gov't ordered to pay record damages in U.S. base noise suit

Photo taken Feb. 23, 2017, shows the bench of the Okinawa branch of the Naha District Court handing down a ruling on a damages suit filed by about 22,000 residents near the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture against the Japanese government over noise from the military installation. The court ordered the government to pay about 30.2 billion yen ($267 million) but turned down a request from the residents to ban nighttime and early morning flights at the air base. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan gov't ordered to pay record damages in U.S. base noise suit

Photo taken in February 2014 shows the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture. About 22,000 residents near the base were awarded about 30.2 billion yen ($267 million) in a court ruling on Feb. 23, 2017, marking the largest damages payment levied against the Japanese government in a suit over noise from a military installation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

High court backs damages awarded to Okinawa residents for base noise

Chief Judge Toshiro Tamiya sits in a courtroom at the Fukuoka High Court's Naha branch in the capital of Okinawa Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2016, to hand down a ruling on a damages suit filed by about 2,200 local residents against the central government over aircraft noise from a U.S. Marine Corps base. The high court upheld a lower court decision ordering the central government to pay damages of around 950 million yen ($8.3 million). (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Damages ordered over tsunami deaths of elementary school students

Hiroyuki Konno is moved to tears on Oct. 26, 2016, after the Sendai District Court ruled in favor of plaintiffs who lost their children in the 2011 disaster and sought damages from local authorities. Their children were among 74 students who died or remain unaccounted for after Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki was hit by a tsunami. Konno, who headed the plaintiffs' group, lost his 12-year-old son. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Damages ordered over tsunami deaths of elementary school students

People offer prayers on Oct. 26, 2016 in front of damaged Okawa Elementary School in the city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, where 74 students and 10 teachers were killed by a tsunami following a major earthquake in northeastern Japan in 2011. The Sendai District Court ordered the city and prefecture on Oct. 26 to pay roughly 1.4 billion yen ($13.4 million) in damages to 23 families that filed suit against them, judging the city-run school failed to evacuate the children appropriately. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Family of girl killed by tsunami wins damages suit

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