Ex-Tepco executives deserve indictment over Fukushima nuclear crisis, says Tokyo panel

[yuiyoshida]

Source: South China Morning Post



An independent judicial panel of Japanese citizens said on Thursday it had decided three former executives of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) should be indicted over the 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The Tokyo No 5 Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution voted in favour of the decision on Tsunehisa Katsumata, chairman of Tepco at the time of the disaster, and two former vice-presidents, Sakae Muto and Ichiro Takekuro.

The panel said the former executives had failed to take sufficient steps to ensure safety despite the possibility that a massive tsunami could trigger an unprecedented accident.

The move comes after Japanese prosecutors decided last September not to indict former leaders of the Fukushima plant operator, citing their lack of criminal responsibility.

Read more: http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1563359/ex-tepco-executives-deserve-indictment-over-fukushima-nuclear-crisis-says

[DeSwiss]

1. The trick is.....

...to know where TEPCO ends and the Japanese Government begins.

- Especially now......

K&R

[stillwaiting]

4. That seems to be more and more of a problem around the world... nt

[littlemissmartypants]

2. Kicking. Thank you. nt

[valerief]

3. Do Japanese citizens have any power aside from a lynch mob? nt

[proverbialwisdom]

5. Related.

http://www.stripes.com/news/uss-reagan-sailors-not-exposed-to-high-radiation-levels-in-japan-report-finds-1.293860

USS Reagan sailors not exposed to high radiation levels in Japan, report finds
By Matthew M. Burke
Stars and Stripes
Published: July 17, 2014

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A high-ranking Defense Department official backs the contention that USS Ronald Reagan sailors were not exposed to dangerous levels of radiation in the aftermath of Japan’s nuclear disaster three years ago.

In a report recently issued to Congress in response to a January directive from defense committees, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. Jonathan Woodson defended the military’s response and said that safeguards, put in place to protect servicemembers, worked. He said any illnesses that sailors have developed are not a result of the Operation Tomodachi relief campaign.

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The report was issued as 111 sailors, Marines and airmen prepare for oral arguments in federal court Aug. 19 in their lawsuit against Japanese utility TEPCO. Lawyers for the plaintiffs said a California judge will likely make a ruling on TEPCO’s motions to dismiss the case and change the venue.

That suit was initiated in 2012 by a small group of Reagan sailors, who alleged that TEPCO’s misinformation coaxed U.S. forces closer to the affected areas and made them sick. More ailing servicemembers came forward citing exposure-related ailments such as unexplained cancers, excessive bleeding and thyroid issues and an amended suit was filed in February.

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http://www.stripes.com/report-uss-reagan-exposed-to-radiation-levels-exceeding-what-japanese-government-said-1.272833
http://www.stripes.com/congress-wants-answers-on-health-impacts-of-japan-disaster-relief-1.263843
http://www.stripes.com/in-growing-lawsuit-servicemembers-fault-tepco-for-radiation-related-illnesses-1.230512
http://www.stripes.com/news/lawsuit-expands-over-radiation-exposure-during-fukushima-disaster-1.211889
http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/earthquake-disaster-in-japan/us-sailors-sue-japanese-utility-over-radiation-exposure-1.202197

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