Dozens of demonstrators against a divisive plan to redevelop a beloved Tokyo park are forming a human chain outside the Japanese Education Ministry to demand a revision.
People form a human chain outside of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, demanding it scrap a controversial redevelopment of Tokyos beloved Jingu Gaien park area, part of whose land is owned by an independent sports promotion unit overseen by the ministry, in Tokyo, Japan.– Protesters in Tokyo formed a human chain Sunday to demand the government save thousands of trees by revising its plan to redevelop a popular downtown park.
That would require cutting down nearly 3,000 trees at Jingu Gaien, one of Tokyo's most historic and beloved green areas. The plan would also raze and rebuild a historic baseball stadium where Babe Ruth played and change a rugby field to one with artificial grass. Rochelle Kopp, a movement leader who operates a Tokyo management consulting company, said the ministry should protect the Gaien as a natural cultural heritage site. She said the ministry also should designate the area as a scenic site as a way of protecting it.
“Beyond that," she added, the plan is"an unacceptable loss of open space and mature heritage trees at a time when the world responds to climate change recognizes the critical importance of maintaining urban open spaces and all parts of the urban forest.” Developers have argued that the Jingu baseball stadium and rugby venue cannot be renovated and must be razed. The organization also urges Meiji Jingu to withdraw from the redevelopment project, saying the Jingu Gaien was created by citizens who volunteered to provide labor to make the park.
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