Snow-covered cherry blossom trees and a castle moat in this northern Japan city are currently lit up in pink in the evenings, ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony reported a 3% gain in October-December profit Thursday, and raised its full-year forecast. Quarterly profit totaled 373.7 billion yen ...

Here are seven medicinal plant species that have proved their worth in gold and may well have more to give to the future of medicine.

A cherry blossom festival held here as a harbinger of early spring in the Izu Peninsula is now under way, but ironically not ...

LONDON: Once home to British spies and a secret long-distance telephone exchange, a little-known network of underground tunnels is located behind a blue door in a narrow London hallway.

Weathernews released on January 29 its second forecasts of when Somei Yoshino cherry trees will bloom in Japan in 2025, the earliest in Tokyo on March 21. The variety is expected to blossom from the ...

Located in Kyushu, this major Tenjin shrine has 6,000 plum trees. A plum festival is held annually, featuring traditional music and dance performances. Entry to the shrine grounds is free. Kairakuen, ...

LONDON – Tunnels built to shelter Londoners during World War II bombing by Germany are set to be transformed into the British capital's biggest new tourist attraction for years, according to the ...

About 1,200 cherry trees grow along its banks, forming an 8-kilometer tunnel of Yoshino cherry blossoms between ... has been selected as one of the “100 Best Cherry Blossom Spots in Japan.” The ...

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Asia-Pacific (Developed) ETFs category of the market, the WisdomTree Japan Hedged Equity ETF (DXJ) is a smart beta exchange traded fund launched on 06/16 ...

London's Blitz Shelter Tunnels to Become a New Tourist Attraction LONDON (Reuters) - Tunnels built to shelter Londoners during World War Two bombing by Germany are set to be transformed into the ...

The weather-beaten flag bears the names of men who endured the infamous Bataan Death March and rode the "hell ships" to Japan, defying the odds by their survival. They lived long enough, at least, to ...