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kyushubill
Wow, only 50 years behind every other country.
starpunk
Took 'em long enough. Too little, too late.
Mark
Sad, 13 million yen will do nothing to these victims and their families.
Mark
Especially after the lawyers take 30%.
starpunk
There was abestos in my elementary, middle and high schools. All of those buildings have been detonated now, the last being my HS - 30 years after I graduated. And some classmates of mine and my little sister are now dead from cancer.
Mr Kipling
KyushuBill...
Exactly! And every year a few less to pay out!
Kyakusenbi_Arimasu
in 1996 Atsugi base closed down it elementary DoDDs school, other buildings including the library and all classrooms and would not let anyone inside to claim their personall belongs. Everything was burned in the open air. Nice job.
kurisupisu
It’s the cutting of asbestos which is the danger.
Once in place the danger is low.
Sven Asai
That’s unbelievable and in most cases complete nonsense. The planners and construction companies are responsible for having used such material during building process. The state or government didn’t order or insist by law on using asbestos when constructing buildings. Also it is impossible for a state to set rules for every situation or anything that other people are doing. They just should have worn masks or filters in any case while working with unknown material. That is part of their job, not something a state or government can demand or guarantee in all situations and at all times. They should have complained about that to the responsibility people of that time, including their bosses at the building site and to themselves, for not wearing the according professional clothing and tools , filters, masks, gloves and such.
TARA TAN KITAOKA
Good decision.