A nine-acre patch of forest that inspired legendary Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki's animated classic 'My Neighbor Totoro' is part of a conservation effort by a Japanese city. The city of ...

By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief A city in Japan has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help preserve a stretch of pristine forest that inspired Hayao Miyazaki when he was creating his ...

Known as the "sea of trees," Japan's Aokigahara forest has a grim history. | JUNKO TAKAHASHI, Amana Images Collection, Getty Images 4. The Japanese government enacted suicide prevention strategies ...