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

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 ...

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 ...

March 2 (Jiji Press)--The forest fire in Ofunato ... difficult to extinguish the fire due to steep slopes, flammable Japanese cedar trees and strong winds. The city government has set up ...