SAN DIEGO — An iconic Japanese garden in Balboa Park is asking for San Diego’s help in finding an irreplaceable bonsai tree that was stolen on Sunday. The Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park ...

Japan’s signature bonsai trees — precisely pruned and carefully manipulated by long-trained artisans — have become so popular, they are increasingly being targeted for theft and trafficking. Bonsai ...

A Japanese couple whose 400-year-old bonsai tree was stolen have issued a public plea to the thieves begging them to water the delicate plant. For decades, the miniature juniper “has been shaped, ...

Located in the Saitama Prefecture of Japan, Ōmiya is just a 30-minute bullet train ride from Tokyo, yet the town feels much farther away from its hustle and bustle. Eye-catching features of Ōmiya ...

Bonsai trees are a wonder of nature bent by the hand of man. But before your love for these works of living art prompt you to plunk down some yen and take one or three home, take note. This small ...

KANUMA, Tochigi Prefecture--A wave of thefts of bonsai miniature potted trees across Japan appear tied to an overseas boom that offers high profits from resale, according to experts. In many cases, ...

Bonsai Trees Stolen from Japanese Friendship Garden There’s a waterfall in the center of the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park. It flows into a pond where koi fish swim languidly, their bright ...

A 400-year-old bonsai tree worth more than $50,000 vanished from a gardener's collection outside Tokyo, one of several valuable plants stolen last month from a fifth-generation bonsai master. Now the ...

A bonsai thief has stolen seven tiny trees worth at least 13 million yen ($118,000) from a garden space in Saitama prefecture near Tokyo. The loot included a rare 400-year-old shimpaku tree, a star of ...