TOKYO—A Japanese judicial committee has decided that three former utility executives should face criminal charges and stand trial for alleged negligence in the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

A document released Friday showed the committee voted in favor of indicting Tsunehisa Katsumata, 75 years old, who was chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co., or Tepco, at the time of the crisis, along with then-vice presidents Sakae Muto, 65, and Ichiro Takeguro, 69.

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