Tepco starts to pay partial compensation to people and towns near plant

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Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to pay provisional compensation by the end of the month to residents and farmers living around the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant as their livelihoods have been heavily impacted by the emergency, Tepco officials said Tuesday.

The utility will make tentative estimates of the amount to be paid in consultation with the government so compensation can be made quickly, the officials said.

The nuclear crisis, triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, is expected to drag on. "

and this, I found interesting, so different than in this country:

"However, the municipal government of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, north of the Tepco plant, has refused to take the money, saying damages payments to residents should be made first, according to Kosei Negishi, a Namie official.

Negishi said the town has a population of about 26,000, so each resident would receive only ¥2,000 if the ¥20 million from Tepco was distributed equally.

"We can't receive (the money) when compensation for each resident has not been decided. Compensation for residents, whose evacuation is prolonged, should come first," the official said."

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1. $12.00 per citizen

Won't even buy a MASK. Maybe a plastic disposable body bag.