TOKYO -- Hay fever season is at its height across much of Japan, caused by ... market demand for Japanese cedar lumber is not clear. The national government's objectives are burdened by the challenges ...

The soaring forest of tall, straight cedars in Kitayama, in Kyoto's northwest, is a glorious sight. Kitayama cedar—known for its light color, uniform thickness, and smooth, knotless trunk—is ...

The religious traditions in Japan, by contrast ... I looked down on the canopy of the ancient cedar forest and out across the sea, thinking about what the primatologist Itani had observed ...

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 ...

Hay fever (allergic rhinitis), or kafunsho in Japanese, is a growing health concern for millions of Japanese individuals. The rise in this allergic condition is due to a mix of environmental factors, ...

Scientist from Niigata University, the Forestry and Forest Products Research ... a common type of allergy in Japan--are said to develop the condition because of cedar pollen.

Smoke rises from a wildfire in the hills of Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Thursday. Photo by Jiji Press/EPA-EFE Advertisement ...

In 2006, Japan began a forest therapy certification program to ... are those with evergreens, like pine, cedar, spruce, cypress or fir. I don’t live near evergreen forests, but I did bring ...

(Mainichi) TOKYO -- Hay fever season is at its height across much of Japan ... cedar lumber is not clear. The national government's objectives are burdened by the challenges facing the domestic ...