Gov't, TEPCO found liable for Fukushima nuclear disaster for 1st time

Gov't, TEPCO found liable for Fukushima nuclear disaster for 1st time

Photo taken March 10, 2017, shows the Nos. 1-4 reactor buildings (from front) of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where three reactors melted down following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. The Maebashi District Court on March 17, 2017, ruled that negligence by the central government and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in preparing anti-tsunami measures played a part in the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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