Japanese Black Pine "A 'best' variety to grow ... is about keeping a tree small, but really bonsai is about having a small tree look like a big old tree," says Howard Miller.

Before dawn on Dec. 21, 40 pots of pine trees and other plants worth a total of 7 million to 8 million yen were stolen from the Taiju-en bonsai garden in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture. “We took ...