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TEPCO won't appeal ruling on Fukushima evacuee's suicide

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TEPCO’s decision not to appeal against it - could set a precedent for more claims for compensation in connection with the triple nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant,

Yes. True. And it is just.

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Great news...the giant is defeated!

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The operator of the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Friday it won’t appeal against a court ruling that it was responsible for the suicide of a woman who became depressed after the 2011 disaster, adding it would pay 49 million yen in compensation.

Good to hear. Although $490,000 for a human life is pitifully low. If this kind of disaster happened in the U.S. you could add at least one zero to that sum.

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jerseyboy

: If this kind of disaster happened in the U.S. you could add at least one zero to that sum

.True. . .And there would likely be a class action suit . .

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Good to hear. Although $490,000 for a human life is pitifully low. If this kind of disaster happened in the U.S. you could add at least one zero to that sum.

Maybe the low reward is part of the deal. To put it bluntly, this ruling is rather unjustified. So perhaps the Court's compromise was that they would accept that TEPCO was partially responsible, but only 10%, so they ordered a compensation worthy of that 10%.

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Re adding a zero to the sum, the big awards get the news but I doubt most of them are like that, in USA or anywhere.

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TEPCO’s decision not to appeal against it why would they since the J taxpayer will end up paying for the compensation anyways

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True. . .And there would likely be a class action suit . .

And it matters how? THIS is Japan, why do you and others find it necessary to make comparisons to your country and how it does business?

Great news...the giant is defeated!

Hardly, TEPCO plays with public money.

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Of course they are not gonna appeal. They got out of it pretty cheaply, I reckon. There isn't enough money in Japan to fully compensate all the victims of this man-made disaster. I, and many other people, lost their jobs because of this, but we are not eligible for compensation.

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@Disillusioned interestingly I've also lost a couple of job opportunities thanks to the nuclear disaster. It's good that the husband won against TEPCO. These idiots tried to brush a lot of dirty secrets under the rug and deserve degradation.

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Thought the "idiots" got bonuses. Losing a lawsuit is a procedural item for which they need have no care or thought.

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Is it just me, or does this sound unjust to anyone else? Sure, the plant could have been maintained better but this is ultimately force majeure. Nobody is to blame and nobody should pay compensation for the effects of natural disasters. If anything, the government could be blamed for allowing nuclear powerplants in a country where these disasters are common.

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And it matters how? THIS is Japan, why do you and others find it necessary to make comparisons to your country and how it does business?

Yubaru -- it matters quite a bit, but obviously you don't want to see that. In many countries, like the U.S., a truly free judicial system often awards hefty settlements to victims of corporate abuse to send a message to big companies -- if you knowingly endanger lives you will pay the consequences. Afterall, having a position of trust like TEPCO had -- it is a monopoly afterall -- is a privledge, not a right. And that privledge comes with the responsibility to have safe-guarding their customers, the public, as their #1 concern. Japanese courts, unfortunately, are more part of Japan Inc. and all too often only award very token amounts, lest they really punish the corporation. IMO, that is not the appropriate way for a judicial system to operate.

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: If this kind of disaster happened in the U.S. you could add at least one zero to that sum

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i don't know anywhere but you are right in USA. TEPCO has been profitable recently. However this is Japan and not USA so I don't think TEPCO has to copycat USA practice. Clever to settle this case now.

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Yubaru -- it matters quite a bit, but obviously you don't want to see that. In many countries, like the U.S., a truly free judicial system often awards hefty settlements to victims of corporate abuse to send a message to big companies -

America is the land of people who can't take responsibility for their own actions as well and they always look to find blame where common sense would have sufficed, people even sue because their ice-cream wasn't cold enough.

And you suggest that THAT system is better? Hardly....ROFLMAO.....

TEPCO is a corporate idiot that needs to be taken apart at the seams and rebuilt, however as long as the government props it up, (just like the federal gov in the US did with the banks) it won't fail, and people like this man here will get their compensation, just using public money that's all.

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And you suggest that THAT system is better? Hardly....ROFLMAO.....

Yubaru -- you have a strange sense of humor, and a vivid imagination. First off, it is Japan that leads the world in "people who can't take responsibility for their own actions" That is why every decision has to be group-think/consensus, and why the country has been paralyzed for over two decades because there are no true leaders. Second, yes I'll take the U.S. justice system anytime over Japan's where a bow and an apology, and maybe even a slap-on-the-wrist, gets corporate criminals -- like TEPCO -- off the hook. As you state, Japan "props up" its failing businesses rather than let the free market, and the justice system, do its job, and that is why it is stuck in neutral, and will be for the foreseeable future.

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@Yubaru: This is TEPCO case in Japan but this is not the article to insult entire American people. Did you have stat as entire American are irresponsible to your claim? Display your stat here if you want to insult entire American people.

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