KANAGAWA--In Japan, researchers are feeding vegetables ... where the coastline faces a stark decrease in seaweed forests that host a diverse array of marine life and support the livelihoods ...

In just about every pamphlet I obtained regarding Shirakami-Sanchi, I kept reading about Philipp Franz von Siebold’s beech, a native Japanese tree. Siebold? I muttered to myself, “Who is this ...