OSAKA -- A controversial plan to build temporary shelters for nearly 400 homeless men living in Osaka's Nagai Park was postponed Wednesday after city officials clashed with local residents in the morning.

One unidentified local resident was taken to hospital for a minor chest injury after city officials tried to push their way past a group of residents opposed to the plan.

He was released later that afternoon, said Kazuko Tatsumi, one of the local leaders who took part in the protest.