Today’s NY Times has an article about the attempts of citizens in Hitoyoshi to block a dam that the Japanese government has wanted to build.
Any JET alums or current JETs out there who are familiar with this area and can add some perspective? Anyone have experience with anti-centralization movements in Japan?
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I did a translation relating to this recently. Japan’s age old addiction to public works has left towns across the country totally strapped.
I am not totally familiar with Kumamoto but I have driven through it tons of times on the superhighway that boasts 23 tunnels in a row. Talk about public works!