By NAOKI OGAWA/ Staff Writer
November 11, 2019 at 18:10 JST
Matsu Matsumoto, left, and Sakae Iwanaga watch construction work on Sept. 30 from a hut they and other opponents built 44 years ago at the site where a dam is scheduled to be constructed in Kawatana, Nagasaki Prefecture. (Minako Yoshimoto)
KAWATANA, Nagasaki Prefecture--Faced with having their ancestral land expropriated this month, residents opposed to a long-planned dam construction project here are playing what may be their last hand in their attempts to stay. [Read More]
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