ACR CARGO ACFT HAS ENG DAMAGED BY CARGO CONTAINER PARKED IN PROHIBITED AREA.

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ACFT MADE A NORMAL LNDG AT TOKYO'S NARITA ARPT; RWY 34. I WAS CLRED TO TAXI VIA A-1; P-1; TO SPOT 207. RAMP CTL CLRED FLT TO ENTER P-1 TO SPOT 207. I NOTICED AN LD3 CARGO BIN TO L OF ACFT OUTSIDE OF TAXI LINES. ACFT FOLLOWED THE TAXIWAY CENTERLINE AND UPON CONFIRMATION THAT EVERYTHING WAS CLR INSIDE THE TAXIWAY SIDE LINES CONTINUED TAXI. AS WE APCHED LD3 OUT L SIDE OF ACFT CONTINUED TO DETERMINE IF ACFT WOULD NOT HIT CONTAINER. VISIBILITY LIMITED LOOKING BACK TOWARD WING. I APPLIED BRAKES BUT #1 ENG CAME IN CONTACT WITH LD3; SCRAPES ON BOTTOM OF COWLING. THE AREA WAS A PROHIBITED AREA FOR ANY CONTAINERS AND WAS CONFIRMED BY ARPT AUTHORITY AND ARPT GND SVC COMPANY. CARGO AIRLINES FREIGHTER WHICH LANDED SHORTLY BEFORE; SUSTAINED THE SAME DAMAGE FROM THE SAME CONTAINER AT THE SAME SITE. LD3 CONTAINER HAD BEEN RPTED TO GND CTL 2 HRS EARLIER THAT IT WAS A DANGER TO TAXIING ACFT. ARPT AUTHORITY SHOULD HAVE 1) REMOVED CONTAINER; 2) NOTIFIED ACFT TAXIING ON GND CTL; OR 3) CLOSED P-1 TAXIWAY. AT NO TIME DID GND CTL/RAMP CTL INDICATE TO ME THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF A DANGER TO TAXIING.