Developers begin cutting trees in a Tokyo park that environmentalists want to protect
A worker, left, asks protesters and media members to move out of a cordoned area as environmentalists hold a rally near the Jingu Gaien park district of central Tokyo, Japan, to protest against property developer Mitsui Fudosan beginning cutting trees as part of the redevelopment work, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. Credit: AP/Hiro Komae
TOKYO — Workers began cutting trees Monday in central Tokyo's Jingu Gaien park district to make way for a development project, a flashpoint for more than a year between environmentalists and real estate interests.
Developers led by real-estate company Mitsui Fudosan have a 10-year, multi-billion-dollar plan to build three skyscrapers on the coveted land and to raze a historical baseball stadium, replacing it with a new stadium.
A small group of protesters gathered Monday. They object to the destruction of trees in a city that lacks green space and is seeing many parks handed over to commercial interests.
The plan is backed by Tokyo Gov. Yuiko Koike, who once was Japan’s environmental minister.
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