Kumquat trees, as explained by the South China Morning Post, are traditionally a popular part of celebrating the Lunar New Year in Vietnam and China. They are a symbol of luck and good fortune and ...

Typhoon No. 7 will halt parts of Japan’s main bullet-train networks on Aug. 15 during the Bon holidays when the powerful, slow-moving storm is expected to make landfall. Central Japan Railway ...

The typhoon, which followed closely on the heels of Typhoon No. 6 during Japan's peak Obon holiday season, lashed wide swathes of central and western Japan with heavy rains and powerful winds.