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. The Nagasaki District Court on Tuesday rejected the central government's objection to the ...
U.S. hopes releasing images of Chinese island-building will spur Asian response
By releasing video of Beijing's island reclamation work and considering more assertive maritime actions, the United States is signaling a tougher stance over the South China Sea and trying to spur Asian partners to more action. The release last week of the surveillance plane footage ...
Philippines watches from rundown outpost as China turns reef into island in disputed sea area
As the Philippine military C-130 transport plane made its approach to the country's most precious outpost in the disputed South China Sea on Monday, it flew past a reef that China is quickly turning into an island. At least two cranes and two dredgers were ...
Okinawa Gov. Nakaima gives base relocation plan one last shove
Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima took action Friday to promote the relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps base before he is replaced next week by Takeshi Onaga, who opposes the plan. The action is expected to come under fire from opponents of the plan to move ...
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. It also ordered the floodgates, closed in 1997 ...
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 ...
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.
