A viral video showing a man kicking one of Nara’s sacred deer has led to public outcry and calls for increased protection of ...

A group of Japanese and US researchers has won this year's Ig Nobel ... The team said oxygen levels in the animals' ...

TOKYO (SCMP): Japan is facing a shortage of bear sprays as more residents resort to self-defence amid rising deaths and ...

Newly released access to information documents from the Japanese government show at least 21 horses died during or in the ...

"There are tons of cheap abandoned homes in Japan, but this one is the cheapest one I've come across in the vicinity of Tokyo ...

Of the 32 eels that were swallowed whole by dark sleeper fish in a recent study, nine of them successfully escaped to safety ...

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A penguin that escaped from an animal encounter event on a Japanese island was found two weeks later after traveling more than 18 miles.

A Japanese animal-welfare organization, Life Investigation Agency, has obtained official government reports of shipments of horses from Canada, including pregnant mares, in crates. The records ...

A surge in inbound tourism has boosted the number of vegetarians visiting Japan, but businesses in the country have not been ...

Neuronal pathways originating from the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) of the brain participate in different adaptive behaviors, but which pathways are used for distinct adaptive strategies remains unclear ...