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20 Décembre 2014
December 19, 2014
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Dec. 19, 2014 - Updated 11:49 UTC+1
People who were evacuated from Minami-soma City in northeastern Japan have sued Tokyo Electric Power Company. Damages of more than 6.8 billion yen, or 57 million dollars, are sought for being forced to leave their hometown due to the 2011 nuclear accident.
The city in Fukushima Prefecture is located about 20 kilometers from the damaged plant.
On Friday, 340 residents of the city's Odaka district filed suit with the Tokyo District Court against TEPCO. The entire district is designated as a no-entry zone and residents still must live elsewhere three years and nine months after the accident.
The damages the evacuees are demanding include a doubling of the monthly evacuation compensation per capita of around 1,700 dollars and about 84,000 dollars per head for destruction of the basis for living conditions.
They claim they have been deprived of their ancestral land and history and that residents' bonds have been totally severed.
Isao Enei, who heads the plaintiffs' group, told reporters that the nuclear accident has deprived them of their hometowns, prevented family gatherings, and undermined even their lives. He also said evacuees are under greater stress.
TEPCO said in a statement that the utility will deal with the suit in earnest after hearing the plaintiffs' claims in court.
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