Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yoshino Forest in Japan is home to some of the country's oldest and tallest cedars, with some trees over 1,000 years old and ...

A decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come back to haunt the country ...

You've probably seen many unusual places in the world. Some of them have a cool color, form, others have a unique shape. Like a cool forest in Japan. Groups of Japanese cedar trees swell towards the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Aokigahara Forest is an infamous destination in Japan. pictured: A foggy Japanese forest with no sunlight and thick trees The ...

In 1982, an official in the Japanese Forestry Agency proposed a new term for ...

The Miyawaki method is an afforestation technique for cultivating fast-growing groves of native plants, with the dense, mixed planting intended to simulate the layers of a natural forest. Originally ...

For generations, travelers have left home not just to see faraway cities and load up on new experiences, but also to find tranquility and peace in the quiet of nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson, William ...

The government pledged to slash the pollen count in half over the next 30 years to make life more tolerable for the millions ...

Wild forest fires in northeast Japan have forced around 3,000 people to evacuate their homes as the flames move closer to residential areas. Two forest fires in Iwate Prefecture were burning for a ...

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres) of ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Akimoto Nakai stands in a clearing within the cedarwoods, the babble of a mountain brook filling the morning air and the slanting light ...