Tokyo court upholds acquittals of ex-power chiefs over Fukushima disaster

Tokyo High Court has found three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company not guilty of negligence over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdowns and subsequent deaths of more than 40 elderly residents during their forced evacuation (Mari Yamaguchi/AP)

A Japanese court has found three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) not guilty of negligence over the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdowns and subsequent deaths of more than 40 elderly residents during their forced evacuation.

The Tokyo High Court ruling upheld a 2019 lower court decision that also acquitted the three former top Tepco officials, noting that a tsunami of that magnitude was unforeseeable.