Overview
- The Urban Planning Law order, issued on March 23 to operator Success Tourism, covers all remaining cages and other unauthorized facilities on the site.
- Authorities counted 183 illegal structures as of December 2024 after first confirming unlawful building in 2004, following roughly two decades of unpermitted operations before the zoo closed in September 2025.
- Noncompliance with the removal order can draw up to one year of detention or a fine of up to ¥500,000 under the statute.
- Officials note few past removal orders have led to action and acknowledge progress now hinges on the company's voluntary response.
- Tokyo-based Beach Capital says it has multiple offers to buy or lease a site and aims to choose a relocation destination by mid-April to take in the animals.