Hiroshima man illegally clears 1,100 trees to make a paraglider landing strip
If you’re thinking about clearing some forest for some paragliding fun, try not to do it on someone else’s land:
A company executive was arrested on Wednesday for clearing about 1,100 trees in a mountain forest here, which had been planted and grown by the forest owner, to use the area as a place for his paraglider to take off, police said.
Masaharu Hashimoto, 55, a resident of Hiroshima, is accused of violating the Forest Law and destroying property.
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Hashimoto used a chainsaw to clear about 1,100 Japanese cedar and cypress trees in a privately-owned forest near the summit of 837-meter-high Mount Amida in Saeki-ku, Hiroshima, investigators said.
He never allegedly obtained permission to clear the trees from the forest owner. His crime caused losses worth some 7.5 million yen.
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