Developers begin cutting trees in a Tokyo park that environmentalists want to protect

Tree-cutting has begun successful nan Jingu Gaien parkland territory of cardinal Tokyo, a flashpoint for much than a twelvemonth betwixt environmentalists and existent property interests

TOKYO -- Tree-cutting began Monday successful nan Jingu Gaien parkland territory of cardinal Tokyo, a flashpoint for much than a twelvemonth betwixt environmentalists and existent property interests.

Developers led by real-estate institution Mitsui Fudosan person a 10-year, multi-billion-dollar scheme to build 3 skyscrapers connected nan coveted onshore and to raze a humanities shot stadium, replacing it pinch a caller stadium.

A mini group of protesters gathered Monday. They entity to nan demolition of trees successful a metropolis that lacks greenish abstraction and is seeing galore parks handed complete to commercialized interests.

The scheme is backed by Tokyo Gov. Yuiko Koike, who erstwhile was Japan’s biology minister.