The original soft power couple from post-war China was a pair of giant pandas, Ping Ping and Qi Qi, sent to the Soviet Union ...

Akita Prefecture in northern Japan has decided to ask the Self-Defense Forces for help in eliminating bears amid a spate of ...

Sightings of bears and animals believed to be bears are increasing in residential areas of Ukyo Ward, Kyoto, and close to ...

JAPAN has become the world’s bear attack capital after a record number of fatal encounters which have left humans savaged and ...

NHK has learned that the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department told police officers their handguns are highly unlikely to be ...

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

Whale meat, for example, is reasonably controversial even in the few places where it can be found on shelves; dolphin meat, even rarer, is outright banned almost everywhere it was once eaten. Japan, ...

From playful poses to perfectly timed expressions, this year’s shortlisted comic images showcase wild animals at their most ...

The Great White Shark is one of the kings of the ocean and it turns out the predatory species simply cannot be confined.