By NAOKI OGAWA/ Staff Writer
November 11, 2019 at 18:10 JST
The Ishiki dam will be built in the middle of the background area. The area seen in the foreground is the center of Kawatana, Nagasaki Prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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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