A panel of experts working for cultural preservation criticized the developers' new plan to cut fewer trees to redevelop Tokyo’s leafy Meiji Jingu Gaien district as just focusing on the number. “It ...

Author Haruki Murakami says he’s strongly opposed to the redevelopment of a historic and beloved Tokyo park district that would remove his favorite jogging path and tear down the nearly century-old ...

Plans threaten stadium where Babe Ruth once played in Tokyo. Redevelopment would replace parks with skyscrapers and towers. Critics cite cultural loss, environmental damage, and poor transparency. 368 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A worker, left, asks protesters and media members to move out of a cordoned area as environmentalists hold a rally near the Jingu ...

TOKYO (AP) — A growing movement opposing a highly controversial redevelopment of a historic Tokyo park submitted a fresh petition Monday, stepping up a campaign to get the national government to ...

TOKYO — Miho Nakashima stood in a bathing suit in Tokyo on Sunday next to a 100-year-old gingko tree, her body painted head-to-toe in green leaves and brown branches. Her message was clear, and she ...

Miho Nakashima stood in a two-piece bathing suit in Tokyo on Aug. 27 next to a 100-year-old gingko tree, her body painted head-to-toe in green leaves and brown branches. Her message was clear, and she ...

TOKYOTOKYO — Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien park area has been placed on a “Heritage Alert” list by a conservancy body that assesses international monuments and historic sites. The conservancy says the planned ...

TOKYO — The Japanese bar association is urging Tokyo's metropolitan government to suspend a disputed redevelopment of the city's beloved park area, saying that its environmental assessment by ...

Tokyo resident Hiroshi Ono was shocked when he heard about plans to redevelop Meiji Jingu Gaien, the famous Meiji Shrine’s “outer garden,” which serves as one of the Japanese capital’s most beloved ...

Miho Nakashima stood in a two-piece bathing suit in Tokyo on Sunday next to a 100-year-old gingko tree, her body painted head-to-toe in green leaves and brown branches. Her message was clear, and she ...

Campaigners say turning Meiji Jingu Gaien into a commercial hub will destroy 1,000 trees and area’s architectural heritage It is a leafy oasis in a city smothered in paved streets and concrete ...