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 ...

Each spring, Japan turns pink. Cherry blossoms sweep across the country, and with Mount Fuji rising behind them, it feels like a scene you can’t quite believe is real. Down in Kyushu, the Niwaki Dam ...

Slowly but surely, spring is creeping up on Washington, D.C., which means that it is time to set the date for a highly anticipated spring event: the National Cherry Blossom Festival. In conjunction ...