Jingu Gaien Trial Begins to Revoke Logging Permit Shinjuku City Fights

11/6/2023, 9:30:38 AM

Highlights: Residents of Tokyo's Meiji Jingu Gakuin want to stop the cutting down of trees. They say that it is illegal to cut down trees without going through the proper process. The residents are demanding that the trees be removed from the area. They also want the trees to be planted in a new location. The decision is expected to be made in the next few days, and the residents are waiting to see if the trees will be cut down in the new location or if they will have to be removed.

[NHK] Shinjuku Ward's permission to cut down about 3000,<> trees in the redevelopment plan of Meiji Jingu Gaien is illegal, and residents in the ward are seeking cancellation ...

Shinjuku Ward's permission to cut down about 3000,<> trees in the Meiji Jingu Gaien redevelopment plan was illegal, and a trial began in which residents of the ward demanded its cancellation, and the ward side showed a full-scale stance of fighting as "proper procedures" and so on.

In the redevelopment plan of Tokyo Meiji Jingu Gaien, Shinjuku Ward has allowed the felling of about 3000,5 trees, and five residents of the ward and university professors have filed a lawsuit seeking revocation of the permit, saying that it is an illegal procedure to issue the permit without going through a democratic process.

The trial began at the Tokyo District Court on the 6th, and the ward submitted a letter requesting that the lawsuit be dismissed, showing a stance of fully contesting.

According to the plaintiffs, the ward claims that the permission was granted after following due process, and that the plaintiff is complaining that the landscape will be damaged, but it is not protected by law.

A lawsuit over the redevelopment of Meiji Jingu Gaien in which about 160 residents, including residents of the surrounding area, sued the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for the revocation of the approval of the project itself is continuing at the Tokyo District Court.