TOKYO - A Japanese court ordered the government to pay workers and families nearly $2.3 million in compensation for black lung disease contracted while digging tunnels in public projects, according to officials and news reports.
The Kumamoto District Court acknowledged the claims by 196 plaintiffs that the government failed to take measures to prevent the damages despite the foreseeable risk associated with the tunneling, court spokesman Kenji Imasaka said.
He refused to provide other details of the ruling. Kyodo News agency reported that the government was ordered to pay a total of $2.26 million to the victims.
The decision by the court in southwestern Japan comes just days after a similar ruling by the Tokyo District Court. That ruling, issued July 7, ordered the Japanese government to compensate 49 tunnel construction workers who developed black lung disease while working on state-ordered projects.
Black lung disease, also called pneumoconiosis, is a respiratory illness caused by inhaling mineral dust, often in mines.
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