ICOMOS Japan holds a press conference to agaianst redevelopment of the Jingu Gaien area
September 15, 2023, Tokyo, Japan - Japanese lawmakers Takashi Shinohara and Tomoko Abe with International Scientific Committee on Cultural landscape (ISCCL) president of International Council on Monuments and Sites (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)