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  • Yamabushi priests and others throwing beans at a Setsubun event at the Zaō-dō hall in Kinpunsen-ji, a World Heritage temple. (© Kyōdō)

    Yamabushi priests and others throwing beans at a Setsubun event at the Zaō-dō hall in Kinpunsen-ji, a World Heritage temple. (© Kyōdō)

  • Ishi HiroyukiEnvironmental journalist and scientist. After a stint on the Asahi Shimbun editorial board, served as a senior consultant to the United Nations Environment Program in Nairobi and Bangkok. Other positions include professorships at the University of Tokyo and Hokkaidō University and Japanese ambassador to Zambia. His works include Chikyū kankyō hōkoku (Global Environmental Report) and Watashi no chikyū henreki—Kankyō hakai no genba o motomete (My World Travels in Search of Environmental Destruction). Author of the Nippon.com series “Remarkable Recovery: The Modern History of Japan’s Environment.”

    Ishi HiroyukiEnvironmental journalist and scientist. After a stint on the Asahi Shimbun editorial board, served as a senior consultant to the United Nations Environment Program in Nairobi and Bangkok. Other positions include professorships at the University of Tokyo and Hokkaidō University and Japanese ambassador to Zambia. His works include Chikyū kankyō hōkoku (Global Environmental Report) and Watashi no chikyū henreki—Kankyō hakai no genba o motomete (My World Travels in Search of Environmental Destruction). Author of the Nippon.com series “Remarkable Recovery: The Modern History of Japan’s Environment.”

  • Yoyogi Park staff post notices on September 4, 2014, indicating the temporary closure of the Tokyo park after the detection of mosquitos carrying the dengue virus. (© Jiji)

    Yoyogi Park staff post notices on September 4, 2014, indicating the temporary closure of the Tokyo park after the detection of mosquitos carrying the dengue virus. (© Jiji)

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