Bears have been increasingly encroaching into Japan's towns due to factors ranging from a declining human population to ...

Experts say warmer weather is also affecting the hibernation patterns of bears, which can weigh 1,100 pounds and outrun a ...

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An undercover investigation by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Japan has found inadequate management and 137 bacteria species at ...

The seventh bear-related death recorded in Japan this year was a man, estimated to be in his 70s, who was reportedly picking ...

A New Zealand man living in Japan has revealed the moment his arm was ‘snapped off’ in a gruesome bear attack.

The number of people killed by bear attacks in Japan from April to early this month totaled seven, surpassing the six ...

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, or SFTS, which is transmitted by ticks. The number of patients has reached a ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The research involves implanting modified animal embryos with human 'induced pluripotent ...

A woman went viral on TikTok after warning travelers to Japan to skip the animal cafes while they’re there. User @kyokoemi said there are plenty of reasons to avoid them “at all costs.” “PSA: remove ...

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great Oxygenation Event.

Each year, monks from Shinguji, a temple in the town of Yao, Osaka Prefecture that was founded in the late 17th century, hold a massive funeral service. Last year’s ceremony was to celebrate and put ...