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25 Mai 2015
May 25, 2015
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150525p2a00m0na005000c.html
NIHONMATSU, Fukushima -- A committee comprised of nationwide groups of victims from the disaster at the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant -- the first such umbrella organization in the country -- held its inaugural meeting here on May 24, drawing some 300 participants from across Japan.
Members of the liaison committee include groups of plaintiffs seeking redress via legal action, as well as citizens who lodged complaints with the government's Nuclear Damage Compensation Dispute Resolution Center via the process of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). In all, it includes a total of some 23,000 members from 13 separate organizations across the country, spanning the region from Miyagi to Okayama prefectures.
Plaintiff groups and other conference attendees expressed criticism regarding post-disaster handling on the part of both the national government and TEPCO.
"Lifting the evacuation orders for restricted areas and terminating compensation payments, despite the fact that the physical effects from radiation remain unknown, constitutes irresponsibility," commented Chikage Kanno, 50, a member of a plaintiff group from Kyoto Prefecture that is seeking court damages stemming from the nuclear disaster.
"The psychological wounds that we have endured remain invisible -- just as with radiation," said Ai Otsuka, 41, from a plaintiff group in Okayama Prefecture. "If we don't voice our pain, the damages that have occurred (as a result of this disaster) will not be understood in their entirety."
May 24, 2015
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/nuclear.html
May 24, 2015 - Updated 15:06 UTC+2
More than 20,000 people affected by the 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima have set up an association to demand an apology and full compensation from Tokyo Electric Power Company and the national government.
They include members of the 12 organizations suing the utility and the government as well as people who had been acting individually.
About 300 of them met on Sunday in Nihonmatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture.
The group aims to join forces, saying that the government is moving towards lifting evacuation orders and cutting compensation while local residents continue to worry about the ongoing decommissioning of the reactors.
The rally adopted a declaration of organization, which says it will aim to win an apology and full compensation from Tokyo Electric Power Company and the government, and to pursue their criminal responsibility.
Each participant raised a piece of paper on which the words “hold hands" were written, and chanted “We will not give up".
The group's joint representative, Ruiko Muto, said those who suffered from the accident have not been fully compensated. She says they want to make their voices bigger by getting organizations to connect with each other.
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