Japan approves $600-million compensation plan for Fukushima evacuees

The Japanese government has approved a $600-million plan of provisional compensations for evacuees from the 20-km zone around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the Kyodo news agency said on Friday. When the payments begin in April, each evacuated family will receive one million yen (about $12,000) and people who had no families will […]