Hundreds of feet below the surface of the ocean, a submersible robot explored an underwater mountain off the coast of Japan. A “flower”-like sea creature caught the attention of scientists ...

In Nanakita Park in Sendai in northern Japan, the view of the flowers covering the surface is often likened to an ice skating rink. The nemophila there surround a cherry blossom tree planted to ...

For the flower of Japan’s aristocracy, the Way of the Gods seemed suddenly to be a way of the godforsaken. In Tokyo’s dismal Sugamo Prison languished the Emperor’s lifelong friend ...