Tokyo's Tree Canopy Shrank 20% in Nine Years, While Other Cities Plant More
Tokyo's tree canopy fell from 9.2 percent in 2013 to 7.3 percent in 2022, a 20 percent drop in nine years, and Japan has roughly 500,000 fewer street trees than at its peak. As Singapore, Paris and New York expand their canopies, why do Japanese cities keep losing shade? A look through public data and recent research.