It's estimated that the cost associated with cleaning up the Fukushima nuclear disaster that took place back in 2011 might be as high as ¥70 trillion. It's been years now and they are still struggling to clean the area, radioactive water still spills into the ocean as we speak.
A class-action lawsuit previously determined that both the government and Tepco were liable; their negligence caused the meltdowns.
Former Tepco executives have gone to trial and plead not guilty to professional negligence.
They might not have been able to prevent the incident from occurring, though courts have determined that they should've been able to foresee it.
The prosecutors have suggested that because the executives had failed to prepare adequately that it resulted in the deaths of many people.
Those executives who are now facing a few years behind bars have plead not guilty and they are arguing that they couldn't have predicted the tsunami, despite several courts now ruling that both the government and Tepco are liable for the damages that occurred as a result of the tsunami.
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