In Japan, however, 44 percent of forest lands are plantations, compared with a global average of 3.5 percent. Every year during the 1960’s, over 2.1 million acres of deciduous forest was ...

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More than 2,000 firefighters, backed by military helicopters, are battling Japan’s biggest forest fire in three decades, as the blaze burns thousands of hectares of land every day. Officials on ...

Spending time in the forest isn't just enjoyable, it's good for your health. NPR's Life Kit has research-backed exercises to try the next time you're among trees.

Within East Asia, 87.0% of planted forest is in China, followed by 11.1% in Japan, 1.0% in South Korea and 0.9% in North Korea. Previous maps of East Asia’s planted forests covered only parts of the ...