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An aerial view of the Green Expo site in Yokohama in September.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability / OUR PLANET
Oct 18, 2026
As Yokohama’s Green Expo nears, organizers draw inspiration from the past
From cutting-edge tech to lessons from the Edo Period, the six-month event will seek to help develop solutions to the planet’s environmental crises.
A rooftop garden at Hotel Niwa Tokyo, with plants growing in suitcases, in May
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2026
Abandoned suitcases used as vegetable planters at Tokyo hotel
The hotel has grown about 40 varieties of vegetables and herbs. Some of the harvest is served at restaurants in the hotel.
Tokyo’s dense skyline is dominated largely by bare rooftops.
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 15, 2026
As 91AV原创 cities get denser, could greener rooftops replace lost gardens?
At a recent symposium, architects explored why 91AV原创 rooftops remain underused — and what could happen if that changed.
A gardener works on the dry grounds at Hampton Court in southwest London on Aug. 20.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 25, 2026
Trees ‘giving up’: Climate change hammers historic English gardens
Mature trees that take decades to establish are drooping, and some have leaves turning brown in August in a stress reaction to excessive heat.
"Tokonoma Garden" designed by Kazuyuki Ishihara
JAPAN
May 20, 2026
Japanese garden designer wins silver-gilt medal at British flower show
“Tokonoma Garden” by garden designer Kazuyuki Ishihara was awarded the second-highest honor in the main Show Garden category and praised for its harmony and traditional beauty.
An event is held on Thursday in Tokyo a year ahead of the International Horticultural Expo 2027 scheduled in Yokohama.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2026
One year out, Yokohama Green Expo faces low awareness
In a survey conducted by the Kanagawa Prefectural Government last autumn, less than 50% of residents in the prefecture, excluding Yokohama, were aware of the expo.
Chef Masashi Motooka opened Restaurant Kam in Saitama Prefecture, taking over a property formerly used by his wife's late grandfather. The garden is an extension of his kitchen — his daily menu is determined by whatever is ready to be picked.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Destination Restaurants
Jan 30, 2026
In Saitama, Kam finds its garden-to-table concept ripe with potential
Chef Masashi Motooka is making a name for himself with his deft execution of French cuisine paired with greens picked from his own backyard.
In the garden of the International House of Japan, designated as a scenic spot in Minato City.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 5, 2025
Tokyo’s green appeal, seen by a Swedish gardener who made Japan home
Murasame Tatsumasa, originally from Sweden, found his calling as a gardener and went on to become a Japanese citizen.
American Robert Jefferson runs a YouTube channel called The Kamakura Gardener that invites viewers to enjoy the pleasures of gardening, cooking and slow living.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Jun 2, 2025
‘A garden is a grand teacher’: The Kamakura Gardener nurtures via YouTube
Veteran broadcaster Robert Jefferson has built up a following through his comforting video content about gardening, cooking and living in Kamakura.
Yarn shortages are a sign that hobbies like knitting and crochet are gaining in popularity.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Mar 4, 2025
‘Granny hobbies’ are the new self-care
Pastimes long associated with Japanese grandparents are booming on social media as young people look for new (old) ways to relax.
The so-called グリーンカーテン ("gurīn kāten," green curtain) is a vertical garden you can create for your balcony to help provide shade from the summer sun.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
May 24, 2024
Get started on your at-home garden before the summer hits
Even if you live in a small Tokyo apartment, a garden isn’t out of the question. Learn the Japanese needed to visit your local garden center.
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
LIFE / Style & Design / Longform
May 4, 2024
The ‘outsiders’ creating some of 91AV原创 greenest spaces
Once an exotic curiosity, Japanese gardens have gone on to inspire green thumbs around the world.
A woman and her children at the Minnanouen Kitakagaya community garden in Osaka's Suminoe Ward
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / OUR PLANET
Nov 5, 2023
How simple steps can help alleviate climate anxiety
From gardening to flood-proofing your home, experts say there are simple ways you can ease some of your concern.
Japan Times
LIFE / Longform
May 29, 2023
In a Japanese garden, you’re never under the weather
As the rainy season approaches, the excess water is set to bring life to green spaces across the nation.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Feb 25, 2023
Choosing a houseplant? Durable doesn’t have to mean boring.
Rule No. 1: “You don’t have to just have a plain-Jane green plant.” But here’s what you do have to do — to find the right plant and maintain it.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 17, 2022
On Chiba’s coast, a secret herb garden thrives
Hiromi Sasaki left her life in Osaka and Tokyo behind. Her new one? Grown straight from the soil of the Boso Peninsula.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Oct 17, 2021
Both plants and people thrive when you garden with the neighbors
Since the start of the pandemic, community gardens have become more popular than ever. And surprisingly, spring isn’t the only time to get your garden growing.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 9, 2021
Grow your Japanese with care, like the plants in a garden
Before you start planting seeds, make sure you know if you want ‘yasai’ or ‘hana’ — and make sure you know what those even are.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 2, 2021
‘Japanese Zen Gardens’: Unearthing the complexity of Kyoto’s gardens
Yoko Kawaguchi’s book shows readers how many of 91AV原创 gardens incorporate Buddhist principles in their designs to function as spaces for meditation and enlightenment.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 4, 2020
Healing from the horrors of war in ‘The Garden of Evening Mists’
Tan Twan Eng’s evocative novel about loss, art and memory was shortlisted for a Man Booker Prize in 2012.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
Baku championships showcase rising standards in global sumo
Ryan Roddy (second from left back) is pictured with the Ireland sumo team at this month's World Sumo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.

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