Local residents demand 3rd runway at Narita airport

Photo taken on Oct. 7, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a candidate site (indicated by dotted lines) for a third runway at Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, suggested by a group of local residents seeking expansion of the international airport. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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