Gov't, Nagasaki at odds on halting Isahaya reclamation work

TOKYO, Japan - Genjiro Kaneko (L), governor of Nagasaki Prefecture, hands a document carrying a resolution adopted by the Nagasaki prefectural assembly to Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshio Yatsu on March 7 in Tokyo. Kaneko is opposed to a proposal to temporarily halt a reclamation project and open a dike in Isahaya Bay in the prefecture. On March 6, Yatsu expressed willingness to suspend the reclamation work to analyze the quality of water in the 1,710-hectare reservoir behind the dike.

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