$12 compensation for each of Namie's (Japan) roughly 20,000 residents.

So this is what a life is worth in Japan? $12

This is absolutely the greatest insult to victims of corporate greed I have ever seen. BP ranks up there as well but $12?

$12 in Japan, as one of the most expensive cities in the World, will not buy anything. Not to mention that because of the disaster, price gouging will almost certainly be happening resulting in even higher prices...disgusting.

edition.cnn.com...

The company called the initial offer "payment for their troubles," and would not detail how much money is being offered to each community. But Kousei Negishi, who is the manager of general affairs for Namie, said that it was 20 million yen -- about $12 for each of Namie's roughly 20,000 residents.

abreakingnews.com...

Acknowledging the toll the unrelenting nuclear crisis has had on people’s lives and livelihoods, the owner of the stricken nuclear plant has offered money to some of those in the radiation’s reach — an offer that one city decided refused.

Talk about a slap in the face, kicked while your down, and spit on all rolled into one.

$12??? That'll get you 1 lunch in California, what a joke.

$12?

Will that even buy a six pack or bottle of Sake so they can drown thier sorrows over having thier family plots turned into a radioactive wasteland?

How much do you want to bet there is a clause somewhere concerning the refusal of compensation.

Sorry, we made you an offer and you refused it, here's the bill for the cleanup costs.


ETA...

Apparently an ok bottle of Sake (1.8l) is $30 US

They ought to tear down everything nuclear, oil, and anything else that Corporations peddle off and make huge profits on...Things can be run by Tesla's inventions if we can ever get rid of TPTB....Lets just hope by the end of 2012 we'll have access to these inventions....This is a real slap in the face to a decent people....I feel really bad for them...We'll get our turn soon once again also..BP isn't the only trouble we are going to have here in the USA...

Just the 1 bonus check alone that the of the President of BP got last year would feed, house and clothe 100 family's in America...It would give them several thousand more dollars than they made for the year...It's pitiful..

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"Tokyo Electric says the amount is an initial token payment, not compensation for losses sustained as a result of the nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi. They promise that will come later -- after they have assessed the damage from the accident, which has spread radioactive contamination across much of the surrounding area."
Quote from the source CNN

It looks as though this is not anything more than a token payment.
Still what can you do with a lousy 12 bucks when every thing you have is
radioactive for the next 12 million years.

It looks as though this is not anything more than a token payment.
Still what can you do with a lousy 12 bucks when every thing you have is
radioactive for the next 12 million years.

Yeah, even as a token payment...WTF?

'Token' has to now be re-defined in the dictionary as useless.

Originally posted by jude11
So this is what a life is worth in Japan? $12

This is absolutely the greatest insult to victims of corporate greed I have ever seen. BP ranks up there as well but $12?

$12 in Japan, as one of the most expensive cities in the World, will not buy anything.

It will buy about 1/6 of a steak, but the rest of the dinner is extra:

www.bento.com...
Y5800 for a steak which is about $68US.

$12...What an insult.