TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government will launch offshore "blue carbon" research aimed at capturing carbon dioxide ...

Trees and shrubs lend your gardens ... also impresses with its blue blooms. A variety that's originally from Japan and Korea, this Hydrangea plant features much smaller, more slender leaves ...

and also features incisa cherries – a mountain variety of Japanese cherry. Also blooming early are the park's Paulownia fortunei ‘Fast Blue’ trees – which are known as the Fox Glove tree.