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News in Easy English: Tokyo business area, office workers, keep cool in mini-forests

TOKYO -- People often call Tokyo's business areas "concrete jungles." They have many roads and tall buildings. These can make the city hotter. This is

  • Otemachi Tower in Tokyo features 200 trees creating a mini-forest.
  • Temperature in the forest was 32.5°C at noon, 3.9°C cooler than nearby crossing.
  • Company estimates forest care costs twice as much as conventional open space maintenance.

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