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The Yomiuri Shimbun 15:10 JST, April 11, 2025 SENDAI — Trains are giving passengers a chance to enjoy an 8-kilometer-long line of cherry blossom trees in Miyagi Prefecture by reducing their speed.

Classmates of Megumi Yokota on Thursday donated cherry trees to a junior high school ... Sakie said she hopes the Japanese government will do all they can to bring back all Japanese abductees ...

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. The "sakura" season is ...

What many visitors may not realise is the strange history behind Taihuka cherry trees, which had sadly become extinct in Japan. They were reintroduced by a fellow called Captain Collingwood Ingram.

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.

Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse, the FDA swoops in and recalls almost a ton of butter. All Recipes is reporting that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration has announced a recall ...

TOKYO, April 9 — 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. The “sakura” ...

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 ...

SHIZUKUISHI, Iwate — People are becoming more excited about the prospect of seeing a 100-year-old cherry blossom tree in Shizukuishi ... Parts Imports Bank of Japan Gov. Ueda Says ‘Uncertainty Is ...