What a difference a decade makes.
In the early 1990s, Japanese environmentalists feared that golf courses were going to carpet the country, wipe out its forests, pollute its rivers and poison its wildlife. Today, golf talk is more about buyouts and bankruptcies than biodiversity.
But despite the moribund economy and greater awareness of the environmental threats posed by courses, golf here remains far from "green."
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