Ex-TEPCO execs merit indictment over nuclear crisis

Ex-TEPCO execs merit indictment over nuclear crisis

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. -- former chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (L) as well as two former vice presidents Sakae Muto (C) and Ichiro Takekuro. An independent judicial panel of citizens has decided that the three merit indictment over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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