Long friendship comes full circle with Welsh gift of ginkgo trees to Japan
Over a dozen ginkgo tree saplings have been sent to Japan from Pembrokeshire, a location noted for its remarkable history in Wales' long-standing ties with Japan. The tree the 15 saplings came from is said to have been donated in 1877 by Japanese envoy to ...
Welsh ginkgo saplings linked to Japanese admiral to be sent to Japan
Saplings from a ginkgo tree linked to late Japanese Adm. Heihachiro Togo are set to "return" from Britain later this month. The tree was donated by Japan in the late 19th century to Pembroke Dock, Wales, to thank locals for efforts to build the original ...
How The Japan Times saved a foundering battleship, twice
Mikasa! The name of the mighty Japanese battleship will be as familiar to the world's naval historians as it is now to viewers of NHK's Sunday evening drama "Saka no Ue no Kumo" ("Clouds Over the slope"). It was the Mikasa that all but ...
