Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance said Thursday that it will sell to local governments a policy to cover property damage ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has concluded a critical emergency project that provided support to flood-affected farming and herding communities in Balochistan and ...

Pandas have fueled the Japanese town of Shirahama’s tourism industry for decades. But the town’s zoo has to send its last ...

A bear was spotted on a golf course in northeastern Japan's Miyagi Prefecture on Wednesday, prompting organizers of a women's ...

Japan is home to many species of wild animals, including both black and brown bears. Estimates of their numbers are wobbly, but since the 2000s the number of bear sightings has been rising.

A research institute in Japan says the number of patients with a tick-borne viral infectious disease called Severe Fever with ...

Japan’s worst wildfire in 50 years has left thousands of wild and domestic animals trapped in a blazing inferno, with few routes to escape the flames. From deer and monkeys to birds and smaller ...

Male Japanese quails produce a strange seminal foam that appears to enhance the chances of successfully fertilizing an egg.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is preparing to mobilise troops to deal with wild animals such as boars, bears and monkeys. Having debated since March on how to stop the animals from attacking crops and ...

Japan to Kill 5,100 Animals to Ease 'Mad Cow' Fears. November 23, 2001. By Kenji Hall. TOKYO, Nov. 22 -- With a second confirmed case of "mad cow" disease, Japan said today it would slaughter and ...

A journey through a country where felines are revered, adored and sometimes seen as actual demons. Ceramic maneki neko, or “welcoming cats,” at Gotokuji, a temple in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo ...

Japan did see a rise in youth unemployment (ages 15-24) in the 1990s, but that rise has since been reversed. Here, via the World Bank, are International Labor Organization estimates of youth ...