A few hundred have turned out to protect historic century-old ginkgo trees that are likely to be chopped down under a controversial redevelopment for a beloved Tokyo park district. The
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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.
A plan approved earlier this year by Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike would allow developers to build a pair of 200-metre skyscrapers in Jingu Gaien and mow down trees in one of the city s few green areas. The planned redevelopment is expected to take more than a decade to finish, and has seen mounting opposition from conservationists, civic groups and local residents.