OSAKA--The grounds of the Japan Mint in Osaka’s Kita Ward opened to the public on April 5 in an annual event to show off the hundreds of flowering cherry blossom trees.

The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) recently declared the country’s most common and popular “somei yoshino” variety of ...

The Japanese cherry trees were gifted by the Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom in November 2024 Three new Japanese cherry trees in Jersey have blossomed for the first time, a charity says.

Tokyo (AFP) – Japan's famed cherry trees are getting old, but a new AI tool that assesses photos of the delicate pink and white flowers could help preserve them for future generations.

Many of the trees are reaching 70 to 80 years old, well beyond their prime blooming age. Japan's famed cherry trees are getting old, but a new AI tool that assesses photos of the delicate pink and ...

Former classmates of Yokota Megumi, a Japanese national abducted by North Korea, have planted cherry trees to wish for her quick return to Japan. North Korean agents abducted her in November 1977.

Three new Japanese cherry trees in Jersey have blossomed for the first time, a charity says. The trees were gifted by the Embassy of Japan in the UK last November as part of a project to donated ...