Japanese court rejects damage claims against utility executives over Fukushima disaster
TOKYO — A Japanese court ruled former executives at the utility managing the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were not accountable for the 2011 meltdown crisis and do not need to pay damages to the company.
The Tokyo High Court ruling on Friday reversed a lower court decision in 2022 ordering four former executives of the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings to pay 13 trillion yen ($90 billion) to the company, saying they had failed to take the utmost safety precautions despite knowing the risks of a serious accident in a major tsunami.
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Israel has a history of using extraordinary covert methods for killing enemies in the beginning phases of an operation. Days before launching strikes against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants of Lebanon in September 2024, Israel carried out an audacious operation using thousands of exploding pagers and radios to target Hezbollah members. The blasts killed about 30 people and wounded more than 3,000. Footage of communication pagers worn by Hezbollah members exploding across incident. — Faytuks News (@Faytuks) September 17, 2024 In another example of how Israel was able to strike at its foes behind the lines in a Tehran ground operation, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was reportedly assassinated in late July 2024 by a bomb smuggled into the guesthouse where he was staying in the Iranian capital, according to The New York Times. Given Israel's penchant for secrecy, especially during this conflict, it may be some time before we know what killed the scientists. 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