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Governor calls for canceling Kawabe River dam project

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima speaks during a news conference at Kumamoto prefectural office on Sept. 11. During a Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly meeting earlier in the day, he called on the central government to cancel a dam construction project on the Kawabe River over environmental concerns.

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Ministry to request fishing rights be revoked for dam

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Ryuichiro Kozuru shows ayu fish he caught in the Kawabe River in Kumamoto Prefecture. The central government decided Dec. 11 to employ a last-ditch tactic to pave the way for the construction of a dam in the upper reaches of the river by filing for the expropriation of fishing rights in the region, a move likely to trigger opposition from environmentalists and local fishermen.

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Ministry to request fishing rights be revoked for dam

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Ryuichiro Kozuru shows ayu fish he caught in the Kawabe River in Kumamoto Prefecture. The central government decided Dec. 11 to employ a last-ditch tactic to pave the way for the construction of a dam in the upper reaches of the river by filing for the expropriation of fishing rights in the region, a move likely to trigger opposition from environmentalists and local fishermen.

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Governor calls for canceling Kawabe River dam project

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima speaks during a news conference at Kumamoto prefectural office on Sept. 11. During a Kumamoto Prefectural Assembly meeting earlier in the day, he called on the central government to cancel a dam construction project on the Kawabe River over environmental concerns. (Kyodo)

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Dam construction plan in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Nov. 19, 2020, shows an area in the Kumamoto Prefecture village of Itsuki in southwestern Japan to be submerged under a controversial dam construction project. Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima said the same day that he gave the green light to the decades-old project on the Kawabe River, the main branch of the Kuma River that caused deadly flooding during torrential rain in July.

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Dam construction plan in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Nov. 17, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area in the Kumamoto Prefecture village of Itsuki in southwestern Japan to be submerged under a controversial dam construction project. Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima said Nov. 19 that he gave the green light to the decades-old project on the Kawabe River, the main branch of the Kuma River that caused deadly flooding during torrential rain in July.

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Dam construction plan in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Nov. 17, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area in the Kumamoto Prefecture village of Itsuki in southwestern Japan to be submerged under a controversial dam construction project. Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima said Nov. 19 that he gave the green light to the decades-old project on the Kawabe River, the main branch of the Kuma River that caused deadly flooding during torrential rain in July.

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Dam construction plan in southwestern Japan

Photo taken Nov. 17, 2020, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area in the Kumamoto Prefecture village of Itsuki in southwestern Japan to be submerged under a controversial dam construction project. Kumamoto Gov. Ikuo Kabashima said Nov. 19 that he gave the green light to the decades-old project on the Kawabe River, the main branch of the Kuma River that caused deadly flooding during torrential rain in July.