
福島第一原発事故後の津島訴訟控訴審判決が16日に仙台高裁で言い渡される。原告は浪江町津島地区の住民約600人で、国と東電を相手取り原状回復と損害賠償を求める。最高裁は2022年に国の責任を否定したが、新たな争点が主張されており司法判断の見直しに注目が集まる。
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福島第一原発事故後、津島地区は風向きにより深刻な汚染を被り、98%が帰還困難区域となっている。住民は避難を続け、15年に約600人が国と東電を相手取り津島訴訟を提訴した。
津波や過酷事故への備えを欠いたまま炉心溶融(メルトダウン)を起こした東京電力福島第一原発事故に対して、原発を規制する立場だった国の法的責任はないのか。それが問われた「津島訴訟」の控訴審判決が16日、仙台高裁で言い渡される。最高裁は2022年、国の責任を否定する判決を出しているが、津島訴訟では新たな争点が主張されており、司法判断の見直しにつながるのかが注目される。
どんな訴訟なのか
当事者は、事故で全町避難を余儀なくされた福島県浪江町津島地区の住民ら約600人。国と東電を相手取り、地区の放射線量を下げる原状回復と損害賠償を求めている。
津島は原発から北西に約30キロ離れているが、事故直後の風向きによって深刻な汚染を被り、今も、役場支所周辺などを除く98%が人の住めない帰還困難区域になっている。住民たちは周辺自治体に避難を続けるなどしており、15年の提訴では半数近くが原告になった。
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The 6th trial of Daisuke Tabuchi (54), the current prosecutor of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, was held at the Osaka District Court, where he was charged with assaulting and abusing a special public servant for yelling, ``I don't care for the prosecution!'' during an interrogation by the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office's Special Investigation Department, and during the first questioning of the defendant, he spoke about his beliefs during the interrogation and why he aimed to become a prosecutor.
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The National Police Agency has announced a policy to introduce ``remote analysis,'' a method of obtaining information by remotely intruding into criminals' smartphones, in order to prevent the spread of damage such as special fraud and robbery and murder by anonymous and mobile criminal groups. A bill to revise the Police Officer Duties Execution Act has been approved by the Cabinet and will be debated in the Diet. The amount of damage will reach an all-time high of approximately 325.7 billion yen in 2025, and the aim is to overcome the situation where it is difficult to identify the instructor through cooperation from telecommunications carriers and analysis of seized devices.

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