Some of the plaintiffs in the newly filed case 'have even given up on their dreams for their future,' said one of their lawyer.
Some of the plaintiffs in the newly filed case"have even given up on their dreams for their future," said one of their lawyers.Six people—aged 6 to 16 years old at the time of the Fukushima meltdown—filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Tokyo Electric Power Company, demanding millions in compensation for thyroid cancer they say is a direct result of radiation from the 2011 nuclear disaster.
"Some plaintiffs have had difficulties advancing to higher education and finding jobs, and have even given up on their dreams for their future," Kenichi Ido, the lead lawyer in the class action lawsuit,The lawsuit against TEPCO was filed in the Tokyo District Court. The plaintiffs, who all lived in the Fukushima region at the time of the disaster and were diagnosed with thyroid cancer between the ages of 12 and 18, are demanding 616 million yen in compensation.
Lawyers for the group said it marks the first lawsuit concerning adverse health impacts from the disaster. The world's second-worst nuclear catastrophe after Chernobyl, the Japanese disaster began to unfold in March of 2011 after an earthquake triggered a tsunami that caused the meltdown of three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
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