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ANIMALS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 25, 2019
'I killed a cat with poisoned food': Message board post leads Japanese police to serial feline killer
A 29-year-old man who has admitted to poisoning cats in Kanagawa Prefecture last November said he was driven by his long-standing hatred of felines.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Feb 25, 2019
The beauty of an Egyptian goddess, a sense of mischief like a Greek god
This handsome fellow came to ARK in May as a very young kitten and turns 1 year old next month. His name is Pewter and, admittedly, there is nothing very pewter-like about him. However, the earliest piece of pewter was found in an Egyptian tomb from 1450 B.C. and, with his big ears, pointed face and...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Feb 24, 2019
There's so much that bonobos and chimps can teach humans
About 6 million years ago in Africa there was an ape species that would change the world. We don't know much about that animal, but we do know that one population separated from the rest and would eventually evolve into our species, Homo sapiens.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Feb 22, 2019
It's Cat Day: Let's celebrate with crappy photos!
Feb. 22 is Cat Day in Japan as the date, 2-22, can sound like "nyan nyan nyan" ("meow, meow, meow"). While many people online are showing off the cutest photos of their fur babies, others are posting less-than-flattering pictures of their kitties with the hashtag #crappiest cat photo competition (猫の写真へたくそ選手権)....
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 21, 2019
Why do zebras have stripes? Because they make bad landing strips for flies
Scientists are providing new evidence to answer the long-standing question about why zebras have stripes. It appears stripes make terrible landing strips, bamboozling the fierce blood-sucking flies that try to feast on zebras and carry deadly diseases.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 20, 2019
Japanese researchers extend life span of flies, offering hope for slowing aging in humans
Japanese researchers pin down a way to activate autophagy, a key metabolic function in cells, leading to a slower aging process and longer life span in a nonhuman study.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 19, 2019
The real 'Jaws': Great white shark's genetic secrets revealed
The great white shark, one of the most fearsome predators in the world's oceans in both fact and fiction, is a formidable creature — right down to its genes.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 14, 2019
Tanzanian 'beast' sheds light on gigantic dinosaur group
A relatively complete skeleton of a long-necked, long-tailed plant-eater excavated from a rocky cliff above a Tanzanian river is providing insight into the early evolution of a dinosaur group that later included Earth's largest-ever land animals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 14, 2019
'Tinder for cows' matches livestock in the mood for love
A Tinder-inspired app is helping farmers match up potential partners for their cattle.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2019
How much is your pet worth?
The cold calculus of 'loss aversion' economic theory gives the wrong answer.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2019
Japan's government warns of 'extremely serious situation' as swine fever spreads to five prefectures
A swine fever epidemic continues to spread in Japan, with local authorities in five prefectures saying they are struggling to contain the highly contagious pig virus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 4, 2019
In Year of the Pig, Hong Kong faces dilemma with abundance of wild boars
One of the world's most densely populated cities, Hong Kong, is facing a proliferation of wild boars as the large mammals stray increasingly into built-up areas.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2019
Swine fever epidemic unabated in central Japan as seventh case discovered, again in Gifu
After tests confirmed the fresh case at a farm in the city of Kakamigahara, prefectural officials requested the dispatch of Self-Defense Force troops to cull and bury the pigs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 25, 2019
Concerned by high cost of raising children, many South Koreans opt to dote on pets
Kang Sung-il buys Sancho, his Pomeranian, a toy every business trip and will dress it up in a new $50 suit when he visits his mother this Lunar New Year holiday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jan 25, 2019
Japan's commercial whaling may have two silver linings: freeing up the IWC and sparing the Southern Ocean
The condemnation of Japan became louder with the announcement that Tokyo would leave the International Whaling Commission, but is there a benefit to this?
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 25, 2019
Odd duckbilled sea reptile thrived after ancient global calamity
In shallow warm seas about 247 million years ago in what is now China, an oddball marine reptile flourished in the aftermath of Earth's worst mass extinction, possessing a duckbilled snout and unusually small eyes that made it resemble a platypus.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 22, 2019
Japan to recommend southwestern islands in Kagoshima and Okinawa for UNESCO listing again
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a decision to again recommend a chain of southwestern islands as a candidate for UNESCO's 2020 World Heritage list, after withdrawing the initial bid on the U.N. body's advice to conduct a further review. The recommendation will be done by Feb. 1.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 20, 2019
Nonprofit groups help find safe homes for Japan's abandoned pets
Life hasn't been easy for Stella.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2019
Farewell, Johnny: Japan's oldest chimpanzee dies at 69
Johnny, Japan's oldest chimpanzee, has died at the estimated age of 69, a zoo in Kobe said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jan 13, 2019
Japanese government pushes back against New York Times editorial on whaling
The government rebuts an editorial in The New York Times urging Japan to halt its whaling practices, saying the country is committed to the conservation of whales.
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.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
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.

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