NAHA, Japan (AP) — Spring training for Japanese baseball looks familiar; hitters in the batting cage, infielders taking ground balls, and fans lining up for autographs. But it's also quite different ...

Spring has finally sprung at the Portland Japanese Gardens in Washington Park. Garden-goers on Wednesday witnessed the cherry blossoms awakening in the Flat Garden and flanking the Umami Cafe as ...

Pink petals of cherry blossoms and light raindrops of March came together Thursday, March 27 at the Portland Japanese Garden to create a quintessential Oregon spring day. The precipitation and cool ...

It was a cold February day in northern Japan, snow piled high outside the onsen locker room windows as I slipped out of my clothes. Nervously, I stepped into the plumes of steam wafting from the next ...

After the first big snowfall of the year, dozens of wild Japanese monkeys escaped to the warmth of a hot spring at the Jigokudani Wild Monkey Park on Monday. Japanese monkeys are the only ones known ...