Top court nixes demand for damages for future noise at Yokota base

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of a plaintiff's group meet the press in Tokyo on May 29 after the Supreme Court ruled on the basis of a 1981 precedent that compensation for damage from aircraft noise expected in the future cannot be awarded to sufferers, rejecting part of the plaintiffs' demands for damages for aircraft noise from the U.S. Air Force's Yokota base in suburban Tokyo.

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