TOKYO: The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will ask for more public money to pay compensation, a report said on Friday, taking its total cash handouts to an eye-watering $38 billion.

Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) will go cap-in-hand to a government-backed fund asking for further help to meet payout demands that continue to swell two years after the tsunami-sparked crisis, the Nikkei daily reported.

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