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Dinner with Professor Kingston

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Big crowd attended 3/31 Book Break at FCCJ for Last Yakuza.

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TOKYO — Rochelle Kopp, the Tokyo-based leader of the save Meiji Jingu Stadium movement, sends the following update: First of all, we’re all sad that a bunch of the trees were cut down last fall. It’s only 10% of the total planned to be cut, and we are working to save the rest.

other 90%, but the ones cut were some of the larger and historically important ones. They are transplanting some of the trees, and in fact moved some trees from the “cut down” category to the “transplant” category to make the numbers look better.

However, tree expert Professor Fujii went to look at the transplanted trees and says they are doing a really horrible job of it. Evidently they are not transplanting them carefully and are using poor technique. Plus they are transplanting them too close to existing trees.

So the transplanted trees’ chances of survival are slim, plus they are endangering the existing trees. One good thing that has happened is that they moved the planned location of the new baseball stadium further away from the gingko trees.

so it’s less likely that the long North-South rows will be killed. That was a small victory for us. However, the shorter perpendicular rows of the gingko trees, 18 total, are still going to be removed.

These are the ones by the entrance to the rugby stadium, near Shake Shack. They are doing some kind of study to determine if they can be transplanted but that is a kick the can down the road type effort. Tree experts say it’s highly unlikely they can be transplanted

And thus permission from the government (which owns the land the rugby stadium is on). I’m working with a bunch of academics to try get more public attention on how problematic the plan is. But that’s still in the works.

Our lawsuits against Tokyo and against Shinjuku Ward are also ongoing. But those won’t be decided soon — Japanese lawsuits are so slow. So that’s about it.” Thanks, Rochelle!

BB signed by the Pope! tmz.com/2025/04/21/pop…

with Greg Starr at Gwen Robinson memorial. 4/25/2-25 FCCJ

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Dinner with my wife

HTSG May 17, 2025 Ark Hills Club

44th wedding annivesary pic

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