Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to pay provisional compensation by the end of the month to residents and farmers living around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant as their livelihoods have been heavily impacted by the emergency, Tepco officials said Tuesday.
The utility will make tentative estimates of the amount to be paid in consultation with the government so compensation can be made quickly, the officials said.
The nuclear crisis, triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, is expected to drag on.