"For too long some claims management companies have helped fuel a compensation culture through nuisance calls, misleading adverts and high charges".
Conservative politicians in Japan, including members of Kan's Democratic party, had warned an apology would fuel demands for compensation.
For one, decontamination costs depend on lowering annual radiation to 1 millisievert, a goal now widely seen as unrealistic, says Tatsujiro Suzuki, a former vice-chairman of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission.TEPCO says decommissioning Dai-ichi's four damaged reactors will cost ¥980 billion, but that does not include the clean-up, fuel storage or compensation.
The losses are due to higher fuel costs and compensation payments to those affected by the Fukushima disaster.
Participants were reimbursed $25 for each data collection clinic visit, with incremental increases over the course of the study to compensate for rising fuel costs, but no compensation was provided for participation in the intervention or counseling sessions.
Thousands of Africans had joined the army, and some came back home with widened horizons, while their experiences of demobilization and discriminatory compensation fueled nationalist feeling.
CLEAN TECH Oil-producing nations are worried about the impact of a global climate deal, and they have increasingly argued that any agreement that would reduce reliance on fossil fuels should include compensation for their lost revenues.
The rest pay for things like fuel, crash insurance and compensation for lost luggage.
Although the accompanying statement of facts fingered the bank for giving misleading information about the quality of the mortgages that underpinned securities it sold, there was little to fuel private lawsuits seeking compensation.
On the Democratic side of that debate, President Obama last month blamed "you're-on-your-own economics" for allowing corporations to seek cheaper workers overseas, hold down wages at home, exploit consumers and fuel income inequality by lavishing compensation on top executives.
