Hay fever in Japan, known locally as kafunshō, has become one of the country’s most widespread seasonal health problems, ...
Hay fever sufferers beware. Forecasters are predicting that cedar and cypress pollen is arriving earlier and in larger ...
A post-war forestry policy introduced in 1950s Japan is now being blamed for the country's widespread hay fever crisis.
A decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come back to haunt the country ...
Japan's annual springtime sniffles aren't just bad—they're the legacy of a postwar forestry bet that went sideways, reports ...
A post-war reforestation strategy is now being blamed for Japan’s growing hay fever epidemic affecting millions every spring.
Spring means beautiful flowers, fragrant lilacs – and lots of tree pollen coating cars and setting off sneezing, wheezing and headaches. As an allergist and immunologist at the University of Colorado ...
Spring in NYC is famously fickle — we have to prepare for everything from slushy snow and gloomy rain to gusty wind and even “pollen tsunamis.” Wait, pollen tsunamis? Before you consult your Farmers’ ...
Mysterious red auroras spotted over Japan were found reaching astonishingly high altitudes, even during space storms ...