“It looks like it will die,” Nishibori said of the cherry tree, “but it’s not going to die. The next spring, there will be ...

Step inside Japan's forest of Mononoke. This space is hidden in the mountains of Nagano Japan, closed for nearly half the year, and is one of the most beautiful moss-filled forests that you will ...

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 ...

Makino Mantaro, in the Japan Broadcasting Corp ... 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 ancient ...

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 ...

Conserving the forest enabled this traditional lion dance to survive. Tenjinzaki was one of the first places to be a focus of modern environmental conservation in Japan. The community has ...

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 ...