Thieves stole a rare 400-year-old bonsai from a Japanese garden. The grief-stricken owner offered care instructions

• Seven trees, worth US$118,000, were stolen from the garden of Fuyumi and Seiji Iimura, a fifth-generation bonsai cultivator
• Fuyumi Iimuri said the trees were as precious as children, and begged the thieves to care for them well