a few weeks ago NTT sent a guy by to tell us that they want to put a telephone pole in on of our fields. Being a FG I asked "what happens if I say no?". The NTT guy said I, the property owner, have two choices: 1. Accept the "rent" money or 2. they petition the town government to eminent domain the field.
This got me thinking. I have four TEPCO owned poles in my fields. NTT has the cash to beat me in an eminent domain battle but TEPCO probably doesn't.
I went down to town hall to ask about the TEPCO poles. They told me that I have right to refuse the "rent" but would TEPCO would probably try to fight me and I would "most likely" loose the battle and would loose a bit of land in the process. My response was "what if I rally other farmers and form a group..." At this point I was cut short and I was reminded that "foreigners can not lead a 'influential activity or group' nor could I 'hold a position of influence'..."
Ms. Wu supports the idea but she doesn't have time to take action due to her work.
How may people on FG have land and a spouse that has the time to lead a group of land owners to either get TEPCO to raise the "rent" payments or exempt those of us accepting "rent" from the coming rate hikes?