第９次横田基地訴訟、国の賠償確定　過去の騒音被害認定―最高裁

　米軍横田基地（東京都福生市など）の周辺住民が、国に夜間・早朝の航空機の飛行差し止めと騒音被害の損害賠償を求めた「第９次横田基地公害訴訟」で、最高裁第２小法廷（草野耕一裁判長）は、住民側の上告を退ける決定をした。２７日付。過去の騒音被害を認定し、国に計約１億１２００万円の支払いを命じた二審判決が確定した。
　一審東京地裁立川支部は、航空機騒音の基準「うるささ指数」（Ｗ値）７５以上の地域について、「騒音被害は受忍すべき限度を超えている」と指摘。国に計約９５６０万円の支払いを命じた。将来分の賠償や、飛行差し止めは退けた。
　二審東京高裁は、一審同様に過去の騒音被害のみを認定。住宅の防音工事をした原告への減額率を変更するなどし、国の賠償額を増額した。（2021/01/29-10:46）

Japan's Supreme Court upheld a high court ruling that ordered the state to pay 112 million yen in damages over aircraft noise pollution near the U.S. military's Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo.
   The decision was made Wednesday by the top court's Second Petty Bench, presided over by Justice Koichi Kusano.
   The top court dismissed an appeal filed by residents living near the base against the Tokyo High Court ruling, which rejected their petition to suspend late-night and early-morning flights, while ordering the damages payment.
   Tokyo District Court's Tachikawa branch initially ordered the state to pay a total of 95.6 million yen in compensation, noting that "the noise damage is exceeding tolerable limits" in areas with aircraft noise levels of 75 or higher on the weighted equivalent continuous perceived noise level, or WECPNL, an internationally recognized measurement of aircraft noise.
   The district court rejected the residents' petition for flight suspension, as well as their claim for compensation for future noise damage.