A four-party council consisting of the national government and surrounding local governments was held in Narita City, Chiba Prefecture to prepare for the construction of Narita Airport's third runway, and they agreed to proceed with procedures to compulsorily acquire the land, where negotiations have been difficult, based on the law. The airport company says it will continue land negotiations with landowners, but this is effectively a change in its policy of refraining from forcible acquisition based on the history of the so-called "Narita struggle."