Kindergarten had to pay $ 1 million to parents from four families . Sendai District Court told that staff sent children home on a bus straight into tsunami . Five children and one staff member on the bus were killed in the disaster in March 2011 . ( CNN ) -- The verdict is the first of its kind in Japan and is expected to affect other countries .
Kindergarten had to pay $ 1 million to parents from four families . Sendai District Court told that staff sent children home on a bus straight into tsunami . Five children and one staff member on the bus were killed in the disaster in March 2011 . The verdict is the first of its kind in Japan and is expected to affect other countries .