Among the class proceedings in which people evacuated to various places due to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station are seeking compensation from the government and TEPCO, the proceedings of the proceedings by those who evacuated to Gunma Prefecture were held in the Supreme Court. ..
In the only case in which the national responsibility was not recognized in the second trial in the class action appealed, the plaintiffs complained, "I want you to clarify the national responsibility for future generations."
In a class proceeding in which people who have evacuated to various places due to the nuclear accident are seeking compensation from the government and TEPCO, the Supreme Court is hearing the responsibility of the country where the judgments of the two trials are divided.
On the 22nd, only one of the four cases appealed was an argument to hear the claims of both parties in the proceedings of those who evacuated to Gunma prefecture, where the responsibility of the country was not recognized in the second trial.
Plaintiff Sugie Tanji (65), who evacuated from Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, said, "I had a job in Iwaki City and had a happy life surrounded by many friends, but I lost something irreparable in the nuclear accident. I want you to clarify the responsibility of the country for future generations. "
In addition, the plaintiff's lawyer reiterated that "the two trial decisions that denied the reliability of the" long-term evaluation "of the earthquake announced in 2002 are incorrect."
On the other hand, the government insisted that "the'long-term evaluation'was unreliable, and the estimation based on it and the actual tsunami were completely different. Even if we ordered countermeasures, the accident could not be prevented."
The Supreme Court is expected to hold an argument in the proceedings between Fukushima and Ehime and show a unified decision in the summer.
Plaintiff who stated his opinion "2 The judgment of the trial is clearly unjustified"
Mr. Sugie Tanji (65), who made a statement in his speech, said, "I had a lot of things I wanted to do, but I was robbed of everything in the nuclear accident, and for 11 years after evacuating, I kept thinking that my life should not have been like this. Even so, I want you to acknowledge the responsibility of the country, and I hope that those who are suffering from the nuclear accident will be saved as much as possible. "
Attorney Yuzaburo Seki of the defense team said, "In the unlikely event that an accident occurs, the government should have known that the damage would be too great, but the response was too poor. The decision was clearly unjustified, and I want the Supreme Court to issue the correct decision. "