In ancient Japan, farmers took a day off to honor the gods under cherry blossoms. This tradition, called Hanami, is rooted in Shinto rituals. Today, millions visit parks to see the ephemeral ...

The first cherry blossoms this year in Japan have been observed in Okinawa Prefecture. Weather officials say they confirmed that flowers were in bloom on a benchmark cherry tree of the hikanzakura ...

the 34-year-old said the beauty of the blossoms was due to their density on the trees. Foreign visitors descending on Japan during cherry blossom season clearly bring huge economic benefits.

One of my favourite parts of spring is the beautiful cherry blossom trees that are dotted all around Christchurch, their delicate pink and white blossoms covering the trees like tiny cotton candy ...

Resembling winter cherry blossoms ... sale for collectors and souvenir-hunters alike. The exhibition is closed on December 31. Ryuichi Sakamoto, who passed away in 2023 aged 71, was one of ...

To manipulate the habit of the bonsai, wrap copper or aluminum wire around branches after the tree has resumed growth in ...

A new exhibit on bonsai at Sonoma Botanical Garden features an exquisite indoor forest in miniature, along with a Zen rock ...

Nippon Steel Corp. is set to file a lawsuit in response to US President Joe Biden’s decision to block its US$14.1 billion takeover of United States Steel Corp., sources close to the matter said ...

The move nevertheless enjoyed rare bipartisan agreement, with Republican President-elect Donald Trump and incoming vice president JD Vance also campaigning against the sale. "This acquisition ...

PRESIDENT BIDEN, EXPLAINING HIS REASONING FOR BLOCKING THE $14.3 BILLION ACQUISITION OF U.S. STEEL BY JAPAN’S NIPPON STEEL ... REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITHOUT A SALE, MCCALL SAID THIS STEELWORKERS ...

President Joe Biden bowed to growing protectionist pressures in the United States and formally blocked a Japanese company’s proposed purchase of U.S. Steel, winning praise from the president’s ...