Tokyo gov't seizes land for garbage dump site

Tokyo gov't seizes land for garbage dump site

TOKYO, Japan - Opponents are pitted against metropolitan government officers at Hinode, western Tokyo, on Oct. 10 in a bid to block the seizure of their land earmarked for expanding a garbage landfill site. It is the first forcible seizure of land by a local government in Japan for a garbage disposal site.

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