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flag 84-year-old former TEPCO chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata, who led response to Fukushima disaster, dies amid pending criminal and civil lawsuits.

flag Tsunehisa Katsumata, former chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), has died at 84. flag He was in charge during the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and led the emergency response. flag Katsumata faced ongoing criminal and civil lawsuits for alleged negligence in preventing the disaster. flag While acquitted in earlier trials, cases against him are still pending in the Supreme Court, with a civil ruling ordering him to pay over 13 trillion yen in damages.

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