http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130820_44.html
The wife of a worker at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant is demanding compensation from 4 companies for his death on the job.
Nobukatsu Osumi died of a cardiac infarction on the second day of his job at the plant in May 2011. The plumber worked at a waste-processing facility at the site. He was 60 years old.
His Thai wife, Kanika Osumi, filed a suit on Tuesday with a district court in Shizuoka Prefecture. She is demanding that Tokyo Electric Power Company and 3 other firms pay 30.8 million yen, or about 320,000 dollars, in compensation.
She argues that her husband died because the work site lacked appropriate medical care or health management and she wants to be compensated for her mental suffering.
In February 2012, a regional labor standards inspection office recognized Osumi's death as being work-related and eligible for compensation.
The plaintiff says none of the companies have apologized and she took action in the hope of clarifying who should be held responsible for her husband's death.
A TEPCO official says the company would rather not comment on the lawsuit.
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