A 50 billion yen-plus land reclamation project in Tokyo Bay was postponed for a second time Tuesday amid sea-borne protests by local fishing boat operators, who say the plan will destroy the last haven for gobies and other sea creatures in the metro area.
The five-year project, which will fill the 35-hectare area used for lumber storage in Ariake in Tokyo's Koto Ward, was scheduled to begin Monday.
But work was delayed when a protest flotilla blocked construction vessels from the site.