TOKYO — Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 65-year-old American male for allegedly defacing Meiji Jingu shrine in ...

Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japanese real estate developer Mitsui Fudosan Co. and others on Monday started cutting down trees as part of their redevelopment plan for the Meiji Jingu Gaien area in central Tokyo ...

The plan is backed by Tokyo Gov Yuiko Koike, who once was Japan’s environmental minister. Mikiko Ishikawa, a university professor who protests against tree cutting stands right, as security guards ...

Felling of rather tall trees has started in the redevelopment of the Meiji Jingu Gaien district of central Tokyo amid local residents' opposition. The redevelopment started at the area in March ...

The distance between a row of ginkgo trees, the symbol of the Meiji Jingu Gaien area, and a planned new ballpark will be expanded to improve the ginkgos' growing environment. The Japanese arm of ...

The Japanese electorate appeared to punish the Liberal Democrats, leaving it unclear whether the party would be forced to expand its coalition to stay in power. By Motoko Rich Kiuko Notoya and ...

They traveled approximately 4.5 kilometers to Heian Jingu Shrine in Sakyo Ward in an ... according to Kyoto Prefectural Police. (Japanese original by Yuki Ohigashi, Kyoto Bureau) ...

What does a Japanese person recall? Doraemon, the friendly robot helper of an enormously popular eponymous anime series. So goes an anecdote making the rounds in Japanese tech circles. It suggests ...

“You can feel that this tree is still alive.” Some 140 years ago, laborers on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, soaked a massive felled tree in the ocean for 12 month ...

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Trees in the Tokyo's leafy Jingu Gaien area may begin to be cut down by the end ... The original plan faced pushback from campaigners and notable figures, including the late Japanese composer and ...