Japan's Ryukyu Islands, which includes Okinawa, are the exclusive home to two rare mammals, the Amami rabbit and Ryukyu ...

Japanese primatologists were the first to ask whether animals have developed rituals of their own. The snow monkeys are one of several groups of Japanese macaques that have changed the way we see ...

In Japan, their popularity has raised demand for them as pets and as featured species at exotic animal cafés, making Japan ...

Those round shells and long legs give Japanese spider crabs an arachnid-like look, hence their common name. These animals also have spines behind and in front of their short eye stalks.

A team of Japanese researchers has found that a rabbit species native to remote islands in southwestern Japan grow at a significantly slower rate and reach maturity at a much later time than other ...

Japan's government approved a request for stem-cell experiments meant to create an animal-human hybrid and allow it to be brought to term. The experiment, which still requires approval from the ...

The Animal Welfare Japan (AWJ) was created in 1956 to raise public awareness and funding to ensure pioneering animal welfare activities in Japan were continued and improved. Reputable animal ...

Talking to the Japanese media last year, the man had said, “I made it a collie because it looks real when I put it on. My favourite is quadrupedal animals, especially cute ones. Among them ...

Osaka Tennoji Zoo keeps about 1,000 animals of 170 species on its approximately 11-hectare site. The zoo opened in 1915 and is the third oldest in Japan, following Ueno Zoological Gardens in Tokyo ...

A pod of killer whales appeared to be stuck in drift ice off the coast of Japan, but now appear to have ... in Hokkaido. The animals looked closely packed together and appear to be sticking ...

Police confirmed a record high 181 cases of animal abuse in Japan last year, leading to 206 people arrested or referred to prosecutors, also the most on record, the National Police Agency said.

Japan's government approved a request by scientists to conduct stem-cell experiments to create an animal-human hybrid and allow it to be brought to term. Japan's science ministry last week gave ...