The number of foreign visitors to Japan soared 28.5 percent in April year-on-year to a record 3.91 million, official figures ...

Believe it or not, the cherry trees on the Quad that make UW’s springtime campus so special were not originally in the campus blueprints.

The announcement was met with a roar of applause from the waiting crowd around Yasukuni Shrine in the capital’s Chiyoda Ward, where six blossoms have opened on the Somei-Yoshino cherry tree ...

Cherry blossom season is in full swing in Washington, D.C., with the trees reaching peak bloom on Friday, according to the National Park Service. Originally a gift from Japan to the United States ...

HIROSAKI, Aomori -- Somei Yoshino cherry trees reached full bloom ... for cherry blossoms across the prefecture. The sample cherry tree in the park began blooming on April 18.

A fond farewell for a treasured tree. Few trees become internet darlings. Yet Stumpy, a Yoshino cherry on the edge of the capital’s Tidal Basin, was no common ornamental. The tree never would have won ...