TV Asahi settles suit filed by farmers over 1999 dioxin report

TV Asahi settles suit filed by farmers over 1999 dioxin report

TOKYO, Japan - Farmers, who sued TV Asahi Corp. over a news report on dioxin contamination, hold up an out-of-court settlement document during a press conference in Tokyo on June 16. Under the settlement, TV Asahi offered an apology to the 29 farmers in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, and promised to pay them 10 million yen. The farmers had sought 26 million yen in damages.

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