At the Japan-Korea International Environmental Awards ceremony held on October 29 at the Seoul…

At the Japan-Korea International Environmental Awards ceremony held on October 29 at the Seoul Press Center, Yatsuo Tanaka, Vice Chairman of the Ginza Mitsubachi Project NPO, expressed his thoughts. Tanaka, who initiated urban beekeeping in Tokyo's Ginza district in 2006, stated that honeybees not only pollinate flowers to bear fruit but also connect people.

He explained that beekeeping has linked local residents and merchants and facilitated exchanges between urban and rural areas. He emphasized the need to view urban environments from the perspective of bees as well as humans.