LONDON — In Britain we have not yet quite lost the battle to preserve the countryside, but it is far from won. In Japan, however, it looks to many outsiders as if preservation is a lost cause.
In Britain, the Campaign for the Preservation of Rural England (CPRE) has branches throughout the country and does all it can to oppose developments considered likely to damage the environment and scenery.
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