Fishermen's protest blocks Isahaya reclamation project

NAGASAKI, Japan - Some 30 fishermen from Fukuoka, Nagasaki and Kumamoto prefectures surround a dump truck Jan. 8 at the floodgate in the town of Takai, Nagasaki Prefecture. They were protesting against a government attempt to resume a land reclamation project in Isahaya Bay, suspended since late February last year.

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