Researchers pinpointed the gene that deprives Japanese cedar trees of their ability to ... Scientist from Niigata University, the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute and elsewhere ...

The huge Japanese cedar (Yaku-sugi) forests ... Canopy soil of old-growth forest fosters rich and unique invertebrate diversity that is slow to recover from human disturbance, Biological ...

In the South of Japan, there's a gorgeous green island that offers great attractions year-round, from baby turtles spawning ...

AOKIGAHARA FOREST, Japan (CNN)-- Aokigahara Forest is known for two things in Japan: breathtaking views of Mount Fuji and suicides. Also called the Sea of Trees, this destination for the desperate ...

The Miyawaki Forest Technique, invented by Japanese botanist and plant ecology expert Professor Akira Miyawaki in the 1970s, is the inspiration for micro-forests worldwide. These diverse ...

The Japanese Alps tower around us ... Instead, we tread a narrow trail that winds through a forest of ancient cedar trees, their massive trunks cloaked in frost. The silence is broken only ...