Fukushima nuclear plant lawsuit: Why $95bn in damages?

Court orders record pay out; says disaster 'could have been foreseen'

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An aerial view shows the storage tanks for treated water at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, Fukushima prefecture. © Reuters

YUTA SHIMASAKI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday ordered former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings to pay the company 13 trillion yen ($95 billion) in a shareholder suit over the accident at the utility's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

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