Damages suit dismissed over tsunami deaths at evacuation facility

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

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