From classic sights to lesser-known gems and transport tips to seasonal highlights, here’s the lowdown on visiting Japan.

Katsuo-ji offers visitors two different types of Darumas: the Kachi-Daruma, the classic doll known as “the winning Daruma” ...

Animal charity Animal Aid have issued a furious statement after the horrific fall of race horse Broadway Boy during the Grand National today at Aintree. Broadway Boy was leading the race before ...

Public health crises The best-known examples of ecologically related public health crises that jeopardize national security involve what are called zoonotic diseases, which spread from animals to ...

BELLEVUE, Wash., March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pet Partners, the nation's leading organization registering therapy animals for animal-assisted interventions, announces its eleventh annual ...

The Grand National has been slammed by animal charity Animal Aid after the fall of race horse Broadway Boy during the Grand National yesterday at Aintree. Broadway Boy was winning before the ...

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 ...

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

Police made arrests or sent papers to prosecutors in a record 170 animal cruelty cases in 2021, which the National Police Agency is attributing to increased public awareness activities by animal ...

Though the results of the National Animal Census, which was conducted islandwide on March 15, were set to be announced today (28), the working committee said that it will be delayed further.