Japan is currently right in the middle of plum blossom season. Though they don’t get as much attention internationally as cherry blossoms, plum, or ume (as they’re called in Japanese) flowers are also ...

“More than 90 percent of adults (in Japan) have drunk Fanta,” said Masaki Kawano, 33, the Coca-Cola (Japan) Co. official in charge of marketing Fanta products. “We hoped they would recall ...

KITAKYUSHU -- Plum trees have finally started blooming in the southwestern Japan city of Kitakyushu, with trees at a local park coming into flower some three weeks later than last year following a ...

has about 1,500 plum trees. Many people visit the shrine, not only from Japan but also from overseas. The early-blooming plum trees are in full bloom, and about half of all the trees there have ...

KYOTO—Geisha served tea beneath a cloud of pink petals at Kitano Tenmangu shrine’s plum blossom festival ... traditional entertainment districts of Japan’s ancient capital.