The Tokyo District Court on Monday nullified a decision by NHK to end the contract of a French anchorwoman who temporarily fled Japan during the Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011.
The ruling also declared that Emmanuelle Bodin's decision to leave Japan in the face of the nation's worst-ever nuclear crisis and prioritize her life over work did not represent professional negligence.
"Given the circumstances under which the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima No. 1 plant's nuclear accident took place, it is absolutely impossible to criticize as irresponsible her decision to evacuate abroad to protect her life," the ruling said.