a 76-year-old Nara resident who has frequented the park for 40 years. But then the COVID-19 pandemic hit the tourism industry hard. The number of foreign visitors nationwide in April was just 2,900.

For the first time in about 40 years, Nara Park in the city of Nara has installed public trash cans to help protect its famous deer, which are a national protected species. Waste receptacles were ...