22-year-old Ling Ling was the oldest panda in Japan at the time of his death in April 2008?
99 percent of Japanese municipalities collect and recyclesteel cans despite not being required by law, giving the country one of the world's highest recycling rates for these cans? (Japanese recycling bins pictured)
chaki(pictured), tea caddies for Japanese tea ceremonies, are traditionally made from wood, bamboo, or ceramic, and are classified by material, shape and the type of tea they are designed to hold?
more than one thousand people are caned in Singapore each year using a bamboocane that has been soaked in water overnight to prevent splitting?
the bamboo species Bambusa oldhamii, known as the Giant Timber Bamboo, has been introduced into California, where it is the most common clumping bamboo?
the flowers of the bamboo species Bambusa lako of Timor have yet to be scientifically observed?