Tokyo’s city government is offering employees a four-day workweek aimed at boosting population growth and improving work-life ...

Spring is finally approaching in Japan, with cherry blossoms beginning to bloom in one of Tokyo's most famous spots, Ueno ...

Enzymes originally evolved in high-temperature environments and later adapted to lower temperatures as Earth cooled. Scientists from Waseda University and RIKEN, Japan, discovered that a key shift in ...

The cherry blossoms that line the iconic Washington, D.C., waterfront are days away from reaching peak bloom, according to ...

If you can't make it to Washington, D.C. for the cherry blossom festival, you can see these spring blooms in Mississippi, ...

Tokyo cherry blossoms were forecast to come into bloom earlier than any other region of the country for the second ...

Most visitors are looking for “peak bloom” — when about 70% of the buds have blossomed. The university offers a live webcam ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan 's official cherry blossom spotters on ... Cherry blossoms, or “sakura,” are Japan’s favorite flower and usually reach their peak in late March to early April, just as the country ...

University of Tokyo Professor Emeritus Fujii Toshitsugu, who heads the panel, says Japan has not experienced an eruption spreading ash over a wide area in the last 100 years.

Major League Baseball on Friday called this week's Tokyo Series between Japanese standout Shohei Ohtani's World Series champions Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs the largest standalone ...

Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani hit a towering solo homer in his return to the Tokyo Dome, taking Chicago Cubs pitcher Nate Pearson deep with a ball that barely cleared the fence in ...

The defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers picked up right where they left off last fall, sweeping the Chicago Cubs in MLB's season-opening Tokyo Series. Reigning National League MVP ...