Apr 24, 2013

Claims against Tepco can run long

The Cabinet endorsed a bill Tuesday that would allow people affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis to seek damages from Tokyo Electric Power Co. after the statute of limitations runs out after three years. Only half of around 6,000 damages claims have been concluded ...

Apr 10, 2013

Ministry mulled South damages

The Finance Ministry in 1962 considered allowing South Korean individuals to seek damages for World War II-linked suffering during Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, according to diplomatic records disclosed recently, a civic group said Monday. The records were among classified documents on ...

Mar 9, 2013

U.S. flights linked to 17 damage cases

Fighter jet and helicopter flights by the U.S. military caused 17 cases of property damage across Japan from April 2007 to February 2012, sources said Friday. In 11 of the cases, compensation procedures have started under the bilateral Status Of Forces Agreement with the ...