<P> Many countries recognize eminent domain to a much lesser extent than the English - speaking world or do not recognize it at all . Japan, for instance, has very weak eminent domain powers, as evidenced by the high - profile opposition to the expansion of Narita International Airport, and the disproportionately large amounts of financial inducement given to residents on sites slated for redevelopment in return for their agreement to leave, one well - known recent case being that of Roppongi Hills . </P> <P> There are other countries such as the People's Republic of China that practice eminent domain whenever it is convenient to make space for new communities and government structures . Singapore practices eminent domain under the Land Acquisitions Act, which allows it to carry out its Selective En bloc Redevelopment Scheme for urban renewal . The Amendments to the Land Titles Act allowed property to be purchased for purposes of urban renewal against an owner sharing a collective title if the majority of the other owners wish to sell and the minority did not . Thus, eminent domain often invokes concerns of majoritarianism . </P> <P> In the Bahamas, the Acquisition of Land Act operates to permit the acquisition of land where it is deemed likely to be required for a public purpose . The land can be acquired by private agreement or compulsory purchase (s7 of the Act). Under section 24 of the Acquisition of Land Act, the purchaser may purchase the interest of the mortgagee of any land acquired under the Act . To do so, the purchaser must pay the principal sum and interest, together with costs and charges plus 6 months' additional interest . </P> <P> Since the 1990s, the Zimbabwean government under Robert Mugabe has seized a great deal of land and homes of mainly white farmers in the course of the land reform movement in Zimbabwe . The government argued that such land reform was necessary to redistribute the land to Zimbabweans dispossessed of their lands during colonialism--these farmers were never compensated for this seizure . </P>

The takings clause states that the government may not seize private property