FUKUOKA DISTRICT COURT RULES ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT TO BE HANDLED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Highlights –

• Fukuoka District Court rules asbestos management to be handled by local government.
• Kitakyushu Municipal Government and a building maintenance firm to pay damages.
• A worker in the region had died of lung disease he developed following exposure to asbestos.
• Futami began working at the gymnasium as an employee of Taihei building services in 1990.