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THOSE TOKYO GOBIES DON'T HAVE A CHANCE

THOSE TOKYO GOBIES DON'T HAVE A CHANCE==Date:Sept, 1962, Place:Tokyo, JAPAN,(Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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50 boats sail to protest Tokyo's land reclamation plan

TOKYO, Japan - Fishermen and marine conservationists sail near Tokyo Bay on March 7 to protest the Tokyo metropolitan government's decision to reclaim land from the sea off Ariake in Tokyo's Koto Ward. The protesters say gobies, a species of small fish, and rare marine life will die if the government carries out the plan. The metropolitan government plans to reclaim 35 hectares of land, at a cost of 40 billion yen, to create parks and housing complexes.

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Talking of fish?

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko chat with each other during a reception of an international symposium on fish diversity held Feb. 24 at the National Science Museum in Ueno, Tokyo in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the emperor's ascension to the throne. The emperor, a member of the Ichthyological Society of Japan, has been involved in researching the taxonomy of gobies, a species of small fish.