FROM JAPAN

Four Japanese organizations have contributed $1.4 million to underwrite six one-hour PBS programs on “Nature Perfected.” The series, due on PBS in the fall of 1990, “will explore the old world and the new, shed light and information on a variety of cultures, and examine how gardens have epitomized humanity’s place in the natural and universal order.” The contributors: Seibu Saison Group, Sumitomo Bank Ltd., Suntory Corp. and the Japan Assn. for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition.