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Mr Tetsuro Izawa, speaking on behalf of the contractor, cited delays due to the lengthy process of relocating underground fibre cables, as well as disruptions from the rainy weather and traffic jams

A soccer ball and flowers are offered at the site of a fatal traffic accident in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on Feb. 22. The construction fencing was an opaque white when Kairi Okubo, 8, who loved playing soccer, was killed here in February 2020. (Emi Iwata) Construction sites are taking on a more transparent look in Tokyo in the wake of a traffic accident that claimed the life of a child where the driver’s view was obscured. Third-grader Kairi Okubo, 8, was struck by a van and killed on a crosswal...