Campaigners want to bury nation’s utility poles
A group of Japanese celebrities has launched a campaign to bury the nation’s utility poles.
They say Japan’s roughly 35-million utility poles are an eyesore, and that running utilities underground would also help when disaster strikes.
Ruling party member Yuriko Koike says she’ll introduce a bill in Japan’s parliament calling for a halt to new utility pole construction.
While Western countries run utilities underground, Japan erects about 70,000 new utility poles a year.
The campaign has the motto, “Look up when you walk.”