The U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan released a wildlife alert on Nov. 12, warning Americans visiting northern Japan to ...

Japan is in the midst of a wave of deadly bear attacks with seven people killed and 88 others mauled in the deadliest month ...

Japan is battli ng a spate of fatal attacks by bears in 2025 with sighting of the animals reported almost daily including in ...

Bear sightings and attacks have increased in parts of Japan, especially in municipalities close to or adjacent to populated ...

The US Embassy and consulates in Japan have issued a wildlife alert following a record-high number of attacks by wild bears on humans in the country.

Attacks have also taken place in central Japan. Last month, a bear entered a supermarket in Numata city and attacked shoppers ...

At an eel restaurant near Tokyo, four friends sit down to eat a Japanese delicacy now the subject of a heated international ...

Look, we all know otters are cute as heck, with their big eyes and sharp little teeth. But just because an animal is cute does not mean you should bring it home with you. Unfortunately, this fact ...

Tokyo, Japan, 12 October 2010 - TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, has released a report analysing the status of Japan’s trade in wild animal and plant species entitled The State of ...

Tokyo, Japan, June 2017–Late last month, Japan’s Diet (Parliament) passed revised legislation tightening regulations on domestic wildlife trade, including those governing ivory trade. Under the ...