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Kochi nixes cinema complex project, to protect downtown shops.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 24-DEC-01
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
KOCHI, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo

Kochi Mayor Tetsuto Matsuo has rejected plans by Osaka textile maker Shikibo Ltd. to add a cinema complex to a shopping center on the outskirts of the city on grounds that it would draw customers away from the downtown shopping area.

Shikibo, which collected...

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