The stadium was opened in 1926 in an area known ... and on Sunday hundreds protested in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building. A Tokyo Shimbun poll last year showed 69.5% against ...

The ball park and a neighboring rugby stadium used for soccer during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics would be ... Koike said the metropolitan government has appropriately handled the environmental ...

Koshien Stadium, located near Osaka ... He said the "timing” would be discussed with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Jingu Gaien and tree-cutting could be major issues when Koike runs ...

The stadium, often compared to legendary US ... with several urban development issues,” a spokesperson for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, was quoted by Japan Times as saying.

A new stadium is central to a planned redevelopment ... the site is considered one of the last great pieces of land in the city. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which owns the land, decided ...