Japan’s monoculture plantation forests, which represent 40% of the nation’s total forest cover, are seen by some experts and civil society members as insufficient to prevent mountain disasters.

Japan is fighting an extensive forest fire in northern Japan which has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate but still has not come under control. (AP Video / March ...

Forest therapy, a guided outdoor practice, can benefit our well-being and give us more grounding. A licensed guide helps those who join a session to rediscover the joy of wandering and wondering in ...

Explore Japan’s Aokigahara Forest, known as the Sea of Trees, located at the base of Mt. Fuji. This forest is characterized by its eerie silence, tragic history, and unsettling legends, making ...

One 2010 study from Japan examined the benefits of forest bathing – taking participants to 24 forests in Japan – versus spending time in a city.

Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a northeastern coastal city. The fire has burned about 2,100 hectares (5,190 acres ...