Tokyo — Three power company executives were acquitted by a court in Japan on Thursday of negligence related to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
The meltdown caused by a tsunami after a powerful earthquake ranks as the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
The former managers of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) walked out of the Tokyo District Court on Thursday afternoon after a judge cleared them of any wrongdoing.
Inside Fukushima, 8 years after tsunami hit nuclear power plantProtesters outside the court held up signs reading, "all innocent, unfair judgement."
Study finds Fukushima disaster likely had delayed health impact on kidsIn 2012, a commission appointed by Japan's legislature called Fukushima "a profoundly manmade disaster that could and should have been foreseen and prevented."