勝俣恒久元東電会長が死去　８４歳、原発事故に対応

　２０１１年３月の東日本大震災時に東京電力（現東京電力ホールディングス）の会長を務めた勝俣恒久（かつまた・つねひさ）氏が１０月２１日、死去した。８４歳だった。東京都出身。葬儀は近親者で済ませた。お別れの会は行わない。
　東大経済学部卒業後、１９６３年に東電入社。０２年に社長に就任し、原発の検査データ改ざん問題で揺れていた東電の信頼回復に努めたほか、電力自由化への対応に当たった。０８年の会長就任後も実質的なトップとして君臨。電気事業連合会会長や経団連副会長なども歴任した。
　福島第１原発事故では、情報公開や政府との連携などの対応が世論の批判を浴び、経営責任を取る形で１２年６月に退任した。
　勝俣氏らは同月、適切な津波対策を取らなかったなどとして業務上過失致死傷容疑などで告訴・告発され、検察が２度不起訴としたものの、検察審査会の議決により強制起訴された。ただ、津波の予見可能性は認められないとして、１９年に東京地裁、２３年には東京高裁がそれぞれ無罪判決を出した。
　一方、東電旧経営陣に総額２２兆円の損害賠償を求める株主代表訴訟では、津波対策を怠ったとして、東京地裁が２２年に勝俣氏ら４人に１３兆円余りの賠償を命じた。（2024/10/31-16:54）

Tsunehisa Katsumata, who served as chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., now Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., at the time of the March 2011 nuclear disaster at TEPCO's Fukushima No. 1 plant, died on Oct. 21. He was 84.
   Born in Tokyo and graduating from the University of Tokyo, Katsumata joined TEPCO in 1963. After being appointed president in 2002, he demonstrated his skill in restoring trust in the company, which was undermined by a scandal over the falsification of nuclear power plant inspection data.
   Known for his quick decision-making, Katsumata was nicknamed "Razor Katsumata." After assuming the position of chairman in 2008, he continued to reign as TEPCO's de facto head. He also served as chairman of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan and vice chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren.
   In dealing with the disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant in northeastern Japan, Katsumata was criticized for his handling of information disclosure and cooperation with the central government. He retired from the post in June 2012 to take management responsibility.
   Katsumata was criminally accused in the same month by a group of local residents affected by the nuclear accident of professional negligence resulting in injury and death for his alleged failure to take appropriate countermeasures for tsunamis. Though the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office decided twice not to indict him, Katsumata was charged automatically after a committee for the inquest of prosecution ruled he should be prosecuted.