Forest bathing became a household name in Japan after the government became concerned that the urbanised and stressed population was becoming cut off from nature. There are now forest therapy ...

Makino Mantaro, in the Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK ... the end of the last glacial period, and the forest today is primarily unchanged from 8,000 years ago. That was the Jomon Period when ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. JD Vance’s role in Signal chat angers senior ...

A wildfire in northern Japan has damaged over 80 buildings and forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents, with military helicopters mobilised to help put it out, authorities said Thursday.

OFUNATO, Iwate -- A photographer in this northeast Japan city, where a major forest fire recently destroyed over 100 homes, has provided free photos of school events he covered to a family here ...

OFUNATO, Iwate Prefecture--About 1,600 firefighters from 12 prefectures in eastern Japan were battling a forest fire here on the afternoon of Feb. 28. A total of about 1,200 hectares have been ...