By ICHIRO NODA/ Staff Writer
June 24, 2025 at 07:00 JST
Nonfiction writer Naoko Abe holds her new book on Father Maximilian Kolbe in Britain on April 19 in front of a Shizuka cherry tree developed by Masatoshi Asari. (Provided by Naoko Abe)
MATSUMAE, Hokkaido—A cherry tree at a convent in Poland had bloomed pale pink flowers every April for nearly three decades before Masatoshi Asari, a Hokkaido-based researcher, learned about the blossoms. [Read More]
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