ICOMOS Japan holds a press conference to agaianst redevelopment of the Jingu Gaien area
September 15, 2023, Tokyo, Japan - (L-R) International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Japan board member Mikiko Ishikawa, ICOMOS Japan president Yasuyoshi Okada, lawmakers Takashi Shinohara and Tomoko Abe with International Scientific Committee on Cultural landscape (ISCCL) president of ICOMOS Elizabeth Brabec (online, on a screen) hold a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Friday, September 15, 2023. ICOMOS announced a "Heritage Alert" for the urban forest of Jingu Gaien in Tokyo as Tokyo metropolitan government decided to redevelop the Jingu Gaien park area. (photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO)