TOKYO: A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered millions of dollars compensation be paid to families of children swept out to sea by a massive 2011 tsunami.
The Sendai District Court in northern Japan ruled two local governments must pay a combined 1.43 billion yen ($13.7 million) to 29 plaintiffs -- parents of 23 children who were killed in the disaster -- according to a court spokesman.
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