Cranberry hibiscus (Hibiscus acetosella) is a vibrant, fast-growing shrubby plant with rich burgundy foliage and handsome ...

Physalis alkekengi is perennial in zones 3–9 and, depending on the region, may also be called Japanese lantern plant or ...

Yet, many green-fingered enthusiasts don't realise that this plant can be a real menace ... to control or eradicate" as the notorious Japanese knotweed. Japanese knotweed, a notorious invasive ...

The costly plant, which's not to be mistaken with Japanese knotweed, was completely missed by her surveyors. Leah Jones bought her terraced home unaware that the bamboo plant growing in her back ...

A small village in Wales became a hot spot for Japanese knotweed after a gardener bought some for an ornamental plant. The invasive species is the scourge of gardeners and homeowners due to it ...

People who say they don’t like maple trees invariably like this maple tree. Learn how to plant a Japanese maple tree in your own yard, and you'll soon understand why. These maples are compact ...

They bloom in springtime. This bushy plant has dense, brain-like flowers nicknamed wool flowers or brain celosia. Despite its unsettling appearance, cockscomb has a rich history in traditional ...

A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel on Thursday, in what plant officials ...

With no end in sight to sky-high prices for palm oil, Japanese businesses have idled their power plants that burn it to generate electricity. And they do not appear ready to resume operations ...

The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand ...

A tiny grain of nuclear fuel is pulled from ruined Japanese nuclear plant, in a step toward cleanup A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Make a reservation a few days in advance for the Zen-like Umami Café, which offers Japanese teas and ... water and plants that come from influences of the Shinto, Buddhist ...