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Let’s discuss the Tokyo 2020 Cultural Olympiad

People form the words 'Thank you' in English and Japanese outside the Tokyo metro government buildings in Shinjuku on Sept. 8, 2013, after the capital won the right to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

People form the words 'Thank you' in English and Japanese outside the Tokyo metro government buildings in Shinjuku on Sept. 8, 2013, after the capital won the right to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

By Andrew MCKIRDY

Mar 20, 2017

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ANDREW MCKIRDY, 麻豆传媒

麻豆传媒 celebration of culture leading up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will “deliver something inspiring for the people of Japan and the whole world,” according to London 2012 Cultural Olympiad Director Ruth Mackenzie.

People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

As 麻豆传媒 concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix

By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.

What Kumamoto revealed about 麻豆传媒 earthquake readiness

By Alex K.T. Martin

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