Cherry blossoms from around Japan

Cherry blossoms from around Japan

TOKYO, Japan - An arrangement of cherry blossoms is exhibited at an event space at the Yurakucho branch of Lumine Co., a shopping complex chain operator, in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on March 22, 2012. Branches of cherry trees were collected from all 47 prefectures in Japan for the ''Sakura Project'' event through March 25.

Nissan-Mitsubishi mini EV project

Nissan-Mitsubishi mini EV project

Nissan Motor Co. President and CEO Makoto Uchida (L) and his Mitsubishi Motors Corp. counterpart Takao Kato pose for photos in the Okayama Prefecture city of Kurashiki, western Japan, on May 20, 2022, as they introduce their jointly developed new mini electric vehicle, to be launched as the Nissan Sakura and Mitsubishi Motors eK X EV.

Planting cherry trees as tsunami caution

Planting cherry trees as tsunami caution

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Takumi Hashizume, representative of the cherry tree-planting project ''Sakura Line 311'' in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, stands on March 2, 2012, by a cherry tree planted last November. Hashizume and other project members aim to plant about 17,000 trees along a 170-kilometer line through the coastal city marking the furthest inland points reached by the tsunami, to warn future generations about a repeat of the catastrophe. (Kyodo)

Cherry blossoms from around Japan

Cherry blossoms from around Japan

TOKYO, Japan - An arrangement of cherry blossoms is exhibited at an event space at the Yurakucho branch of Lumine Co., a shopping complex chain operator, in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district on March 22, 2012. Branches of cherry trees were collected from all 47 prefectures in Japan for the ''Sakura Project'' event through March 25. (Kyodo)