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 ...

In November 2025, the U.S. Embassy Tokyo issued a rare travel warning for Japan, one of the world's safest countries, according to visitors. This came in the form of a wildlife alert for the city of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Many countries have designated areas of natural beauty as national parks, aiming to preserve outstanding natural scenery and protect local ecosystems. Japan designated its own ...

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As Japan battles a rising number of bear attacks, another wildlife menace has emerged in its Northern Alps: monkeys. While the damage monkeys typically cause is relatively minor compared with bears, ...

Firefighters were Tuesday battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and forced the evacuation of nearly 4,000 local residents. White smoke billowed from a forested ...