A Christmas tree lighting ceremony was held at Universal Studios Japan (USJ) theme park in Osaka on November 19. The tree was lit up following a countdown by about 700 people. The tree is over 30 ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto To many across the islands of Japan, small tree frogs, or amagaeru, are a regular sight in gardens and parks around the country. Japanese tree frogs are found not only in ...

you’ve earned yourself double points. The official largest camphor tree in Japan is at Kamou Hachiman shrine in Kamou-cho, Kagoshima Prefecture. It boasts an enormous 33.57-meter root ...

Japan and Finland. It celebrates Christmas as a special time for Christians and non-Christians alike. Sparkling lights, Christmas trees and presents are all things we might picture when we think ...

KAGOSHIMA--A dwarf shrub species of the nettle family, believed extinct in Japan for about a century, was recently found to be thriving in the wild on Amami-Oshima island, part of southern Japan's ...