Tokyo residents were left feeling underwhelmed at a meeting with developers over plans to erect two nearly 200-meter skyscrapers on land that is currently a leafy neighborhood popular with sports fans and those out for a stroll.
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Despite widening opposition and criticism from big-name celebrities, developers plan to start chopping down tall trees in August for the redevelopment of Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu Gaien area, sources said June 28.
Celebrated author Haruki Murakami has thrown his weight behind a growing campaign against plans to radically alter the look of Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu Gaien district with a massive redevelopment project.
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