New infrastructure minister Yuichiro Hata plans to pick up where his predecessor left off and to controversially proceed with the stop-start Yanba Dam project in Gunma Prefecture.
"There is no change in policy" over the dam, Hata said during a group interview with media outlets Wednesday.
"I will continue drawing up a river development plan" necessary for resuming construction "in an appropriate way, taking various considerations into account," he said.
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