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ISAHAYA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 3, 2023
Supreme Court finalizes ruling to keep Isahaya Bay gates closed
The decision effectively ends a protracted legal battle between the central government and local fishers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 25, 2022
Fukuoka court rules dike floodgates be kept closed in southwestern Japan
The floodgates of the 7-kilometer-long dike in Nagasaki Prefecture, enclosing part of the Ariake Sea, have been shut since 1997 for a land reclamation project.
EDITORIALS
Sep 18, 2019
Isahaya Bay reclamation dispute continues
The government needs to maintain efforts to come to a settlement with the fishermen so that the bitter divisions in the regional community can heal.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 13, 2019
Japan's Supreme Court orders review of Nagasaki dike floodgate case
The Supreme Court on Friday scrapped a lower court ruling involving the floodgates of a dike at Isahaya Bay, sending a protracted legal battle over a state-run land reclamation project in Nagasaki Prefecture back to the Fukuoka High Court.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2018
Court rules Isahaya Bay floodgates must remain closed, ditches fine paid to fishermen
The Fukuoka High Court has ruled that the floodgates of a dike at Isahaya Bay in Nagasaki Prefecture should remain closed, ruling in favor of the central government in a protracted legal battle over a land reclamation project that has been opposed by local fishermen.
EDITORIALS
Apr 22, 2017
The gridlock in Isahaya Bay
The government should not abrogate its responsibility and leave it to the courts to resolve the Isahaya Bay dispute.
EDITORIALS
Nov 22, 2015
Resolve the Isahaya Bay standoff
The government should get more serious about resolving the legal gridlock surrounding the Isahaya Bay dike in Nagasaki Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 11, 2015
Court upholds ban on opening Nagasaki bay dike floodgates
An injunction barring the government from opening the floodgates in the Isahaya Bay dike has been upheld, further delaying a plan to examine whether the land reclamation project is hurting local fishing.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 10, 2015
Doubling of state penalty upheld for keeping Isahaya Bay dike shut
The Fukuoka High court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling doubling the monetary penalty imposed on the state for refusing to open the flood gates of the Isahaya Bay dike in southwestern Japan, further complicating the situation caused by a controversial government reclamation project.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 11, 2014
Court orders state to pay for not opening Isahaya Bay gates
The Saga District Court ordered the government Friday to start paying a penalty to fishermen in two months unless it opens the floodgates of the Isahaya Bay dike in Nagasaki Prefecture as ordered by a high court.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2013
Isahaya ruling puts the state in a quandary
The fate of the contentious plan to open the floodgates of the Isahaya Bay dike protecting filled-in land in Nagasaki Prefecture has become even more uncertain now that a district court has ruled that the government must keep them closed, in direct contradiction to an earlier ruling by a high court.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 12, 2013
Court bars opening of Isahaya Bay dike
In a decision favoring local farmers, the Nagasaki District Court issues an injunction barring the government from opening the floodgates of the Isahaya Bay dike.
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