AOMORI -- Towering "snow monster" ice-covered trees in Aomori's Hakkoda mountains are now at their most spectacular, drawing visitors from around the ･･･ ...

AMAMI, Kagoshima Prefecture--This southern Japan city is torn between its responsibility to protect a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site and residents’ desire to keep non-native trees.

Twenty cherry trees gifted by Japan to celebrate 150 years of friendship with Wales have been vandalised. The trees were planted in Heath Park, Cardiff, as part of the Sakura Cherry Tree Project.