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COMPENSATION

JAPAN / History
Jul 24, 2015
Mitsubishi Materials set to settle 3,765 Chinese wartime labor redress claims
Mitsubishi Materials Corp. has offered apologies and compensation of 100,000 yuan (u00a52 million) for each victim in the biggest postwar compensation payout of its kind.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 15, 2015
7,000 Tochigi residents seek compensation over Fukushima nuclear disaster
Some 7,000 people living in Tochigi Prefecture sought compensation Monday worth ¥1.85 billion through an out-of-court settlement with Tepco over the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2015
Supreme Court upholds Kubota liability in asbestos death case
The Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that found asbestos used at a Kubota Corp. plant caused fatal mesothelioma in a man who lived near the plant and ordered the company to pay ¥31.9 million in damages to his relatives.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2015
Japan brings life to nuclear accident fund
An international pact on nuclear disaster compensation will enter into force April 15 after Japan signed on to the treaty last week, and a fund will be created to help victims of accidents like the one at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant in 2011.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 19, 2014
Hundreds of Fukushima evacuees sue Tepco for ¥6 billion
More than 340 people forced to evacuate by the atomic meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 plant in 2011 filed a lawsuit Friday against Tokyo Electric Power Co. demanding around ¥6 billion in compensation.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 30, 2014
To err on the side of caution
It is not fair to underestimate compensation for disaster damage in the name of general interest. This is an area where ordinary cost calculations should be discarded.
EDITORIALS
Oct 24, 2014
Patent law must retain incentives
As the government drafts amendments to the patent law, the question is how effective the new rules will be in ensuring fair corporate remuneration to inventors so that they keep their engineering talent in Japan to enhance the nation's industrial competitiveness.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2014
Government agrees to pay damages to asbestos workers after Supreme Court win
Health minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki says Tokyo will settle a pending asbestos suit brought by Osaka Prefecture factory workers and their families, after the Supreme Court ruled in their favor.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2014
Tepco to settle 3/11 suit over hospital evacuee's death for ¥13.5 million
Tokyo Electric Power Co. agreed Friday to pay ¥13.5 million to settle a civil lawsuit filed over the death of a woman who was forced to evacuate from a hospital during the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, a relative of the woman said.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2014
Japan paid ¥380 million in compensation for accidents by U.S. military personnel
Over the past decade, Japan has ponied up a hefty sum to help compensate victims of accidents caused by U.S. military personnel or civilian employees.
WORLD
Jul 1, 2014
GM fund for ignition defect victims to offer wide eligibility
The compensation fund for victims of General Motors Co's defective ignition switch will be open to a broad range of people, with family members of those who died as a result eligible for at least $1 million, the attorney in charge of the fund said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 13, 2014
Chinese families suing Japan Inc. for war redress in bigger numbers
As relations between Beijing and Tokyo plumb a new low, the descendants of hundreds of Chinese men forced to work in wartime Japan are taking big, modern-day Japanese corporations to court, seeking millions in compensation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2014
Wartime labor suit filed in China
A group of Chinese experts and citizens file suit against two Japanese companies, seeking compensation for victims of wartime forced labor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 27, 2014
War redress reversal in South Korea
Recent South Korean court rulings ordering Japanese firms to compensate Koreans who were forced to perform labor for them during the war have cast a shadow on already strained bilateral ties.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2014
Chinese group mulls suing Japanese firms over wartime forced labor
Chinese lawyers and experts are considering filing lawsuits against Japanese companies to seek compensation for victims of wartime forced labor.
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2013
Tepco loan ceiling may hit ¥10 trillion
The government might raise its loan ceiling for Tokyo Electric Power Co. to ¥10 trillion from the current range of ¥5 trillion to ¥9 trillion, in light of the compensation payments and radioactive decontamination work it must carry out in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster, sources said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 13, 2013
Ex-Aum fugitive agrees to pay slain notary's kin
A ex-Aum Shinrikyo fugitive accused of helping to abduct a Tokyo notary in 1995 has reached a deal with the victim's family to pay ¥10 million and reveal all he knows about the incident, a lawyer says.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 1, 2013
South Korean court orders MHI to pay Korean women for forced labor
A South Korean court rules in favor of four Korean women forced to perform labor during Japan's colonial rule of Korea, ordering Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay them 150 million won (about $141,510) each.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 24, 2013
Court revokes decision not to cover Korean A-bomb victim's medical costs
The Osaka District Court on Thursday revoked the 2011 Osaka Prefectural Government's decision not to cover the medical costs of a South Korean who survived the Hiroshima atomic bombing and received treatment in South Korea, and two other Koreans.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2013
Taxpayers take note: State may need 31 years to recoup ¥5 trillion in Tepco redress aid
It will take up to 31 years for the state to recover the ¥5 trillion in aid it may provide, just through this fiscal year, to Tepco for compensation related to the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster that started in 2011.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.

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