Overview
- On Jan. 9, 2026, the Supreme Court’s Second Petty Bench dismissed the woman’s appeal, making lower-court orders final.
- The Fukushima District Court and Sendai High Court had ordered her to vacate the Tokyo state employee housing and pay rent-equivalent damages.
- Damages include about ¥1.47 million for April 2017–March 2019 and roughly ¥65,000 per month from April 2019 until eviction.
- The majority did not address whether the 2017 decision to end free housing for out-of-zone evacuees was unlawful, while Justice Mamoru Miura dissented.
- According to her lawyer, she was forcibly evicted in April 2024 from the Shinonome complex in Tokyo and now lives elsewhere.