Narita, Chiba Pref. (Japan Times) - The Chiba District Court ordered landowners Wednesday to sell to the Narita airport operator tiny plots they were holding in an effort to block the hub's expansion.

The court was ruling on a lawsuit filed in December 2002 by the then New Tokyo International Airport Authority trying to force a group of 17 landowners and activists to sell eight land plots with a combined area of about 1,500 sq. meters.

Of the eight plots named in the suit, two already have been sold to Narita International Airport Corp., successor to the airport authority. Wednesday's ruling concerned the remaining six plots, which have a combined area of 930 sq. meters.

The airport operator said the court decision is significant as it authorizes the corporation to obtain all the lots.

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