Cedar fever is an allergic reaction caused by mountain cedar (juniper trees), often overlapping symptoms with an intense cold ...

High radiation levels of more than 250,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium have been detected in male flowers of Japanese cedar trees in the restricted zone around the damaged Fukushima ...

Researchers pinpointed the gene that deprives Japanese cedar trees of their ability to produce pollen, carving out the future where no one may suffer the agony brought about by hay fever. Scientist ...

Hay fever sufferers beware. Forecasters are predicting that cedar and cypress pollen is arriving earlier and in larger quantities than in recent years throughout most parts of the nation. The Japan ...

It’s back... mountain cedar has returned to the pollen count for the first time this season, thanks to breezy north winds. From now through Valentine’s Day, thousands of us who are allergic to cedar ...

Every year, pollen counts in Japan are getting worse. In fact, pollen levels in Tokyo were literally off the charts just a few weeks ago. As a result, for four months out of the year, an estimated 15 ...

The government on Tuesday unveiled a draft proposal for lessening the effects of Japan’s hay fever season, which include reducing cedar forests by 20% over 10 years with the goal of lowering the ...

Colds and the flu aren't the only reason many have been sniffling and sneezing over the past few months. "Cedar fever," as it's often called, is a wintertime allergy offender caused by the Eastern Red ...

Pollen-releasing male flowers of a Japanese cedar are seen in this file photo taken in the city of Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, on Feb. 16, 2019. (Mainichi) TOKYO -- Hay fever season is at its height ...

TOKYO -- Hay fever season for people allergic to pollen from Japanese cedar trees has begun in the capital, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced Feb. 17. According to the statement, pollen from ...