In 2023, the designer and his partner arrived in Higashiyoshino, Nara for a holiday. They’ve since put down permanent roots ...

The Japanese coined the phrase forest bathing, or shinrin-yoku, in 1982, when the nation's forestry ministry made relaxing among trees part of its national public health program. Forests blanket ...

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

Hakonechloa macra, more commonly known as Hakone grass or Japanese forest grass, is native to the mountainous regions of Japan. The bamboo-like stems grow in elegant cascades that dance in the ...

The Borough of Trees is getting a first-of-its-kind Japanese mini-forest this spring – which is slated to improve air quality, prevent flooding and beautify a “dilapidated” section of ...

The Miyawaki Forest Technique, invented by Japanese botanist and plant ecology expert Professor Akira Miyawaki in the 1970s, ...

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 ...

Japan has been criticized as a major force in the destruction of the world's forests. But the rules of international trade may leave Japan with few choices. Japan has just 2 percent of the world's ...

One reason why there was no legal penalty can be found in the lush remote forests in northern Japan. One day in late July, amid the sweltering heat, about 20 people were making their way through ...

FUJI-KAWAGUCHIKO, Yamanashi Prefecture—To combat the persistent threat of suicides in Aokigahara forest, officials here ... Yamanashi ranks seventh highest in Japan at 19.2 per 100,000 people.