{"id":3948,"date":"2009-03-03T12:40:51","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T12:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=3948"},"modified":"2009-03-03T12:40:51","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T12:40:51","slug":"nytimes-grass-roots-uprising-against-tokyo-over-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/03\/nytimes-grass-roots-uprising-against-tokyo-over-dam\/","title":{"rendered":"NYTimes:  Grass-roots uprising against Tokyo over dam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s <strong><em>NY Times<\/em><\/strong> has an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/03\/world\/asia\/03dam.html?th&amp;emc=th\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> about the attempts of citizens in Hitoyoshi to block a dam that the Japanese government has wanted to build.<\/p>\n<p>Any JET alums or current JETs out there who are familiar with this area and can add some perspective?\u00a0 Anyone have experience with anti-centralization movements in Japan?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;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. 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