The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a high court's rejection of a suit filed by Saitama Prefecture farmers seeking damages from TV Asahi Corp. for a report on vegetable dioxin contamination.
The Supreme Court sent the case back to the Tokyo High Court. The farmers are seeking a combined 26 million yen in compensation.
Presiding Justice Kazuko Yokoo of the top court said there was not enough evidence to show that the TV Asahi report was basically correct, as the high court had ruled.