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ANIMALS

Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 13, 2019
Can insect pet food slash canines' carbon paw print?
Love your dog, but worried about the environmental impact of its meat-heavy diet? Now one British company is offering a solution — feed your pooch insects instead.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 10, 2019
Footage of snow monkey 'acrobats' in Japan's far north goes viral
The clip, played nearly 900,000 times, shows the snow monkeys walking on the wires in a line as if they were performing as circus acrobats.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2019
Housewife-turned-hunter targets wasted boar meat in Japan
It's a familiar scene on the evening news: A wild boar ventures out of the woods looking for food and wreaks havoc on a countryside town, spurring local authorities to arm themselves with nets to catch the rogue animal.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2019
Life of a panda breeder in Japan is no walk in the park
Despite the workload and responsibility, being a giant panda breeder at a zoo is something 37-year-old Kimiyo Shintani takes great pride in.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Jan 6, 2019
Herb will make a sweet addition to any family
The exotic-looking Herb is friendliness embodied and, despite her name, she's all girl — think angelica, rosemary and lavender rather than basil.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 4, 2019
Germany wants looser rules on shooting wolves
Germany's agriculture minister wants to loosen restrictions on shooting wolves to reduce a growing population that threatens sheep and goats.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 3, 2019
'Why don't you die?': Australian's fight with a spider sparks police call
An Australian man triggered an emergency police response after a noisy exchange with a spider startled a passerby into reporting what sounded like a violent disturbance to the authorities, media reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 30, 2018
Japan may lower Red List status of crested ibis as more live in wild
Crested ibises in Japan are facing less risk of extinction amid efforts to reintroduce the birds to the wild, leading the government to consider lowering its status on the list of threatened species, government sources said Saturday.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2018
About 40 dogs die in fire at breeding facility in Japan
Police say about 40 dogs died in a fire that broke out at a breeding facility in Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 28, 2018
Tiny tracker developed to help fight rhino poaching
French tech company Sigfox has developed a bite-size tracker that can be inserted into the horns of rhinos to help conservationists monitor and protect the endangered species.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2018
Farmers struggle to sustain cows they were forced to abandon near crippled Fukushima plant
Having disregarded a state instruction to kill cattle left behind in areas near the crisis-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, local farmers have been struggling to keep alive the around 430 cows within a 20-kilometer radius of the complex that were exposed to radiation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 25, 2018
Sixth case of swine fever infection found at central Japan farm
The latest case promoted the central government to launch a crisis control unit and dispatch Ground Self-Defense Force troops to Gifu Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2018
Japan to withdraw from International Whaling Commission in bid to resume commercial whaling: sources
Japan's pullout could spark criticism from European and other countries opposed to the practice of whaling.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 17, 2018
'Saihin' wins out in Wakayama zoo's competition to name giant panda cub
A female giant panda born at a zoo in Wakayama Prefecture has been named Saihin, the zoo announced Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 16, 2018
The lethal consequences of misclassifying dolphins
Japan's animal welfare regulations could halt the Taiji slaughter if Japanese law categorized dolphins as mammals instead of fish.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Dec 16, 2018
Game on!: A tomcat named Risa
This guy's energy is contagious. Word is he's an 'all-round terrific cat' and should have been scooped up long ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2018
Biodiversity wins, even when all seems lost
Tiny frogs and lizards surviving in Haiti's last splinters of forest show that even the most devastated areas can be redeemed.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Dec 12, 2018
D-O-G spells love: a true evergreen named Juniper
Juniper is touted as 'the sweetest, happiest, easiest dog to get along with,' which sounds like just what the season calls for.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / FOCUS
Dec 11, 2018
Climate change creates mutant fugu, a deadly Japanese delicacy
The road, hemmed in on one side by empty warehouses and the other by a concrete seawall, ends abruptly in a desolate parking lot. Men step out of their cars and into the darkness, then slip behind the sliding doors of a warehouse. Inside, they huddle under floodlights and wait. A clock on the wall ticks...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 10, 2018
Bug business: Cockroaches corralled by the millions in China to crunch waste
In the near pitch-dark, you can hear them before you see them — millions of cockroaches scuttling and fluttering across stacks of wooden boards as they devour food scraps by the ton in a novel form of urban waste disposal.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Paris Olympics kick off with rain-soaked — but grandiose — opening ceremony
Japan's 2024 Olympic team moves down the Seine River in Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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