(1)Tokyo barred from expropriating land for highway

(1)Tokyo barred from expropriating land for highway

TOKYO, Japan - Plaintiffs enter the Tokyo District Court April 22 for a ruling in a land expropriation suit. The court barred the Tokyo metropolitan government from expropriating land in Akiruno, western Tokyo, for a state project to build a 300-kilometer highway ringing Tokyo and four neighboring prefectures.

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