In just about every pamphlet I obtained regarding Shirakami-Sanchi, I kept reading about Philipp Franz von Siebold’s beech, a native Japanese tree. Siebold? I muttered to myself, “Who is this ...

We interviewed Nakashizuka (alias Asano) Tohru, President of the Forest Research and Management Organization (FRMO), about the characteristics and functions of Japan’s forests. “Agariko Daio,” a giant ...

Koike says bears feed on beech trees in the mountains ... come out even if there is enough food in the mountains," he adds. Japanese officials have initiated a series of measures designed to ...

In a survey conducted by the Tohoku Regional Forest Office, beech trees, said to be correlated with bear appearances in northeastern Japan, were determined to be having an “extremely poor ...

and mammals such as the Japanese serow and Japanese black bear. It’s like a “natural museum” that preserves and exhibits the virgin forest. When beech trees, which are said to have a lifespan of ...

The Copper Beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Atropunicea') | is a slow growing deciduous tree, also known as the Bloodleaved Tree. Its leaves can range in color from purple to copper and flowers in the spring.

On Wednesday Japan's Environment Ministry says ... expert on the ecology of bears and points out that bears feed on beech trees in the mountains. But he says the trees are in short supply this ...