Bears climb persimmon tree in Iwate, northeastern Japan, for second day

At around 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, police on patrol spotted two bears at the foot of a persimmon tree in a residential area of ...

Two bears spotted in persimmon tree in residential area in northeastern Japan

Two bears have been spotted in a persimmon tree in a residential area in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

Premium persimmons from Japan’s Gifu prefecture fetch record $9.3k for a pair

The fruits auctioned were categorised as the top class, which are very sweet. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
NextBigFuture

Japan could use old cloth dipped in persimmon juice to enable cheaper extraction of uranium and rare earths from seawater

Research has been underway in Japan on technologies to recover traces of uranium contained in seawater. One of the technologies uses a method involving submerging a material that adsorbs uranium in ...
Houston Chronicle

Japanese persimmons: An autumn fruit for Texans

After a long, hot Texas summer, autumn brings cool nights, mild days, and Japanese persimmons. Unlike the wild persimmons that many people recall eating in the woods, cultivated Japanese persimmons ...
Jurist

Importation of Fresh Persimmon With Calyxes From Japan Into the United States

The PRA, titled “Importation of Persimmon, Diospyros kaki Thunb., as Fresh Fruit with Calyxes from Japan into the United States,” (January 3, 2013) evaluates the risks associated with the importation ...

Japan's inflation rate rises as Takaichi prepares to announce major stimulus package

Japan’s inflation rate rose in October, official data showed Friday ahead of the expected announcement of a major stimulus ...
The State

Sweet on Japanese persimmon

For information on Japanese persimmon cultivation and cultivars, go to www.crfg.org. I never really cared about growing fruit trees - especially after reading the spraying schedule recommended in ...