Court to rule on row over U.S. military housing plan in Zushi+
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[March 21, 2006]

Court to rule on row over U.S. military housing plan in Zushi+

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)YOKOHAMA, March 22_(Kyodo) _ (EDS: COURT SET TO OPEN AT 1:15 P.M.)

The Yokohama District Court will rule Wednesday on a lawsuit the Zushi municipal government in Kanagawa Prefecture filed against the central government in 2004 demanding the state withdraw a plan to build a U.S. military housing complex in part of the area straddling Yokohama and Zushi.



According to the suit filed with the court in September 2004, the city of Zushi argues the Japanese government is bound by the 1994 agreement with the city and the Kanagawa government not to build additional housing in the Ikego district, an area known for its unspoiled natural environment.

By 1998, 854 U.S. military houses had been built on the Zushi side of Ikego.


Japan and the United States agreed in July 2003 to build an additional 700 housing units on a 288-hectare land on the Yokohama side of Ikego in exchange for the return to Japan five U.S. military facilities in Yokohama.

The central government has maintained that the 1994 accord is no more than policy or policy measures and thus is not legally binding.

The Ikego district, which is close to the U.S. Yokosuka Naval Base, was used as an ammunition depot by the U.S. Navy after World War II. It boasts a vibrant plant and wildlife community because the military prohibited public access to the area for decades.

Many Japanese residents near Ikego have been opposed to the construction of a U.S. military housing from the 1980s.

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