5 activists suspected of graffiti in Tokyo's Jingu redevelopment area

Five environmental activists were referred to prosecutors on Friday for allegedly defacing a wall in Tokyo's Jingu Gaien area last year in apparent opposition to a redevelopment project planned for the area, police said.The four foreign nationals and one Japanese in their 30s to 60s are suspected of scribbling, "Let's protect everyone's Jingu Gaien," on temporary walls surrounding a work site near the Jingu baseball stadium early in the morning on July 12 last year, according to the police.The redevelopment project, which will result in the loss of hundreds of trees in one of Tokyo's greene…READ FULL ARTICLE